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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot.

2. A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire. No hireling she, no prostitute to praise. Pope.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous purposes. Made bold by want, and prostitute for bread. Prior

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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