prostitute

Definitions

1. 1.2. To devote to base or unworthy purposes; to give up to low or indiscriminate use; as, to prostitute talents; to prostitute official powers. Milton.
2. 2.Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous purposes. Made bold by want, and prostitute for bread. Prior
3. 3.A woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot.
4. 4.A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire. No hireling she, no prostitute to praise. Pope.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

Synonyms

Related questions

• What does "prostitute" mean?
• What is another word for "prostitute"?

Reverse-dictionary questions

Definition-first questions whose answer is prostitute.

• What is 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 called?
• What is openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous purposes. Made bold by want, and prostitute for bread. Prior called?
• What is a woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot called?
• What is a base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire. No hireling she, no prostitute to praise. Pope called?