meretricari

meretricari [LL] 1 to act as a prostitute, to behave as a harlot; b (fig.). ut ‥ more ~antis fortunam subripiat, ‥ aliena in se congerat spolia J. Sal. Pol. 485D; tradebat eas ‥ ad ~andum G. Hen. II 292; licet esset sibi matrimonialiter copulata, posset tamen sic fieri perversa et tam diu ~ari [ME: for horen] cum aliis viris quod, licet reverti vellet, ipse eam nullatenus reciperet AncrR 155; to do hurdome, ~ari CathA.  b 1188 mihi domini vestri gratiam enormiter toxicavit lingue ~antis adulatio et invidia detractoris P. Blois Ep. 20. 72B; si aliquando ~anti animo contigerit per ipsum divorcia celebrari Reg. Whet. II 398. 2 to patronize a prostitute. quasi illic occisus esset in ~ando Asser Alf. 96; ephebian ‥, locus prostitutionis ubi juvenes ~abantur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 190; sine delectu interdum ~antur, a quibusdam etiam nec parcitur conjugatis, quo minus ‥ R. Niger Mil. IV 7; to do lechery ‥, luere, ‥ ~ari CathA; cave adulteres, cave ~ere [sic] Colet In 1 Cor. 192.