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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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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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