Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prostitute
Participle: prostituted
Gerund: prostituting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | prostitute |
| you | prostitute |
| he;she;it | prostitutes |
| we | prostitute |
| you | prostitute |
| they | prostitute |
Perfect
| I | have prostituted |
| you | have prostituted |
| he;she;it | has prostituted |
| we | have prostituted |
| you | have prostituted |
| they | have prostituted |
Past
| I | prostituted |
| you | prostituted |
| he;she;it | prostituted |
| we | prostituted |
| you | prostituted |
| they | prostituted |
Pluperfect
| I | had prostituted |
| you | had prostituted |
| he;she;it | had prostituted |
| we | had prostituted |
| you | had prostituted |
| they | had prostituted |
Future
| I | will prostitute |
| you | will prostitute |
| he;she;it | will prostitute |
| we | will prostitute |
| you | will prostitute |
| they | will prostitute |
Future Perfect
| I | will have prostituted |
| you | will have prostituted |
| he;she;it | will have prostituted |
| we | will have prostituted |
| you | will have prostituted |
| they | will have prostituted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prostitute |
| you | prostitute |
| he;she;it | prostitute |
| we | prostitute |
| you | prostitute |
| they | prostitute |
Perfect
| I | have prostituted |
| you | have prostituted |
| he;she;it | have prostituted |
| we | have prostituted |
| you | have prostituted |
| they | have prostituted |
Imperfect
| I | prostituted |
| you | prostituted |
| he;she;it | prostituted |
| we | prostituted |
| you | prostituted |
| they | prostituted |
Pluperfect
| I | had prostituted |
| you | had prostituted |
| he;she;it | had prostituted |
| we | had prostituted |
| you | had prostituted |
| they | had prostituted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prostitute |
| you | would prostitute |
| he;she;it | would prostitute |
| we | would prostitute |
| you | would prostitute |
| they | would prostitute |
Perfect
| I | would have prostituted |
| you | would have prostituted |
| he;she;it | would have prostituted |
| we | would have prostituted |
| you | would have prostituted |
| they | would have prostituted |
Imperative
| you | prostitute |
| we | Let's prostitute |
| you | prostitute |
Verbs conjugated like 'prostitute'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'prostitute'
restitute,
bustitute,
constitute,
destitute,
institute,
preconstitute,
prosecute,
prostrate,
substitute,
cross-tune,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1530, "to offer to indiscriminate sexual intercourse (usually in exchange for money)," from L. prostituere "to expose to prostitution, expose publicly," from pro- "before" + statuere "cause to stand, establish" (see stature). The noun sense of "harlot" is from 1613, from L. prostituta "prostitute," fem. of prostitutus, pp. of prostituere. The notion of "sex for hire" is not inherent in the etymology, which rather suggests one "exposed to lust" or sex "indiscriminately offered." However, this is now almost the official European term for the institution, e.g. Ger. protstituierte, Rus. prostitutka, etc. Fig. sense (of abilities, etc.) is from 1593. The noun meaning "a woman who offers her body indiscriminately" (usually for money) is from 1613. Of men, in ref. to homosexual acts, recorded from 1886 (in form prostitution).
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
4. Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
5. Proto-Indo-European *pér
6. Proto-Indo-European *-o
7. Proto-Indo-European *pró
8. Proto-Indo-European *pro-
9. Proto-Italic *pro-
10. Latin prō-
11. Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
12. Proto-Indo-European *-tus
13. Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
14. Proto-Italic *status
15. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
16. Proto-Italic *statujō
17. Proto-Italic *statuō
18. Latin statuō
19. Latin prōstituō
20. Latin prōstitūtusder.
21. English prostitute
22. From Latin prōstitūtus, past participle of prōstituō, from prō̆ (“for, before”) + statuō (“to set up, to erect”).
Sample Sentences
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Do not prostitute thy daughter. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus xix:29:]
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[T]heſe, their rights / In the vile ſtreets they proſtitute to ſale; / Their ancient rights, their dignities, their laws, / Their native glorious freedom. [1740, John Dyer, “The Ruins of Rome. A Poem.”, in Poems. … Viz. I. Grongar Hill. II. The Ruins of Rome. III. The Fleece, in Four Books, London: Printed by John Hughs, for Messrs. R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley, […], published 1759, →OCLC, pages 42–43:]