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adulterize

adulterize verb: to commit adultery.

Verb

adulterize (third-person singular simple present adulterizes, present participle adulterizing, simple past and past participle adulterized)

  1. (intransitive, largely obsolete) To commit adultery.
    • ca 1644, John Milton, "The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce", Book II, Chap. 18.
      Nevertheleſs, as I find that Grotius on this place hath obſerved the Chriſtian emperors, Theodoſius the IId and Juſtinian, men of high wiſdom and reputed piety, decreed it to be a divorcive fornication, if the wife...
  2. (ambitransitive, uncommon) To adulterate.

Synonyms of adulterize

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Forms of adulterize

third-person singular presentadulterizes
present participleadulterizing
past participleadulterized
pastadulterized
alternative formadulterise

Origin of adulterize

From adultery + -ize.

Questions about adulterize

What does adulterize mean?
Adulterize means to commit adultery.
What part of speech is adulterize?
Adulterize is a verb.
What is the past tense of adulterize?
The past tense of adulterize is adulterized.

Words near adulterize in the dictionary

  1. adultering
  2. adulterise
  3. adulterised
  4. adulterises
  5. adulterising
  6. adulterize
  7. adulterized
  8. adulterizes
  9. adulterizing
  10. adulterous
  11. adulterously

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