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prostituere [CL] 1 to place in position (in quot., mil. force). b to lay out or lay down (on the ground, in quot. w. ref. to fallen timber). Brittanni ‥ quatuor phalanges maximas quatuor ducibus munitas fortissimis bello ~uunt H. Hunt. HA II 4. b 1230 idem J. debet habere feodum in bosco domini regis, viz. attachiamentum de spinis de bosco suo et de bosco qui vento ~uitur (Inq.) Ambrosden I 295 (cf. Cart. Boarstall 560: prosternatur). 2 to make a prostitute or put to the uses of prostitution, to prostitute; b (in fig. context). c (p. ppl. as adj.) characteristic of a prostitute, whorish; d (as sb. f.) prostitute, whore. ~uere volebat filias suas hac compensatione, ut ‥ (Aug.) Bede Gen. 175A; ~uere, meretricem facere, quod et prostare dicitur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 469; scenule, meretricule que in scenis ~uebantur Ib. 556; queritur unde accidit ~utas meretrices magis unius amore torqueri quam alicujus alterius licet multos recipiant Quaest. Salern. B 12; qui matrem suam dehonestari, conculcari, et ~ui sustinent non sunt filii, sed previgni P. Blois Opusc. 1063A; eciam uxores aliquando ~uunt et exponunt luxurie Itin. Mand. 76. b merito libertatem suam sponsa Christi asseverat, ne illam tiranus ambitioso usurpatori ~uat W. Malm. GR II 202; voluptas sobrietatis ignara cujuscumque libidini ~ui non erubescit J. Sal. Pol. 390D; nequaquam ~uatur ad pretium que [sc. justitia] corrumpi non potest Ib. 625B; in his aquis fidelis anima ‥ se abluit. ‥ abluit ne immunda sit cum diabolo fortiter se ~uens Ad. Scot Serm. 197C; continue recolas qualiter te in lupanaribus opprobrio ~utam ab immunditiis sanguine suo lavit P. Blois Opusc. 922C. c orbis victorem Cesarem donis flexit, et invicti viri insuperabilem animum meretricius decor et ~uta facies superavit J. Sal. Pol. 494C. d c675 prostibula vel lupanarium nugas, in quis pompulentae ~utae delitescunt Aldh. Ep. 3 p. 480; caecae cupiditatis petulantia captus nefandum ~utae [gl.: meretricis, forligeres] lupanar aggredi minime vereretur Id. VirgP 57; prostituta, meretrix puplica GlC P 644; 9‥ prostituta, forliges WW; 1167 itur in ipsius ruinam ‥ : ~uta est ut fornicaria, que multorum libidini patet in platea Becket Ep. 288 p. 162; ~ute igitur que solo pretio coeunt nullam delectationem illic habentes nil emittunt Quaest. Salern. B 10. 3 to have illicit sexual intercourse with, debauch. b (p. ppl. as sb.) a debauchee. quasi Joseph uxorem domini sui ~uit, cum prior eamdem ‥ familiaritatem et super conventum potestatem, quam habet abbas, presumptione temeraria habere contendit Ad. Scot OP 568D. b ille ‥ abbatissam et suas publicas pregnantes et ~utas omnibus edocet Map NC V 3 f. 60v. 4 (transf.) to put to dishonourable or unworthy use, to defile, dishonour, demean (esp. for financial or other personal gain), to prostitute. solitarie sanctitatis amator nulla pompa bona sua ~uebat W. Malm. GP II 75; in vindictam ‥ pudicitie per injuriam ~ute J. Sal. Pol. 723B; ut ‥ nequaquam graves et venerandos mores suos cum alicujus levitatis ~ui lascivia permittat Ad. Scot OP 536A; hec sunt propter que iterum in templo columbe venduntur et sacramenta venalia ~uuntur Gir. GE II 23 p. 281; que linguam hominis ‥ vili commercio meretricia venalitate ~uit P. Blois Ep. 140. 422A; palpo turpissimus et preco turpium / linguam prostituit ob leve precium Walt. Wimb. Palpo 51. 5 (in gl.): a to prostitute oneself, act as a prostitute. b to associate with or patronize a prostitute. a statuo ‥ et componitur ~uo, -is, i. meretricari, et inde ~utus, -a, -um Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 512. b prosto, -as, i. ~uere, cum meretrice se commiscere Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 513.

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