"adulter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: adulters [plural]
Etymology: From Latin adulterō. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|adulterō}} Latin adulterō Head templates: {{en-noun}} adulter (plural adulters)
  1. (now rare) An adulterer, especially a male one. Tags: archaic Derived forms: adultress
    Sense id: en-adulter-en-noun-ug8SHUst Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 43 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 28 25 4 4 4 5 19 6 5 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 20 3 3 3 4 29 4 4 1

Verb

Forms: adulters [present, singular, third-person], adultering [participle, present], adultered [participle, past], adultered [past]
Etymology: From Latin adulterō. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|adulterō}} Latin adulterō Head templates: {{en-verb}} adulter (third-person singular simple present adulters, present participle adultering, simple past and past participle adultered), {{tlb|en|now|rare}} (now rare)
  1. To commit adultery. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-adulter-en-verb-JbEoGL2x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 43 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 28 25 4 4 4 5 19 6 5 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 20 3 3 3 4 29 4 4 1
  2. To pollute something; to adulterate. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-adulter-en-verb-bDynj73d
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: adulterer, adulteress

Inflected forms

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