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prostituting |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prostitute \Pros"ti*tute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prostituted}; p. pr & vb n. {Prostituting}.] [L. prostitutus p. p. of prostituere to prostitute; pro before forth + statuere to put place See {Statute}.] 1. To offer, as a woman, to a lewd use to give up to lewdness for hire. ``Do not prostitute thy daughter.'' --Lev. xix. 29. 2. To devote to base or unworthy purposes; to give up to low or indiscriminate use as to prostitute talents; to prostitute official powers. --Milton.
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