adulterize, v. arch.
(əˈdʌltəraɪz)
[f. adulter n. + -ize. Cf. tyrannize, etc.]
To commit adultery.
| 1611 Cotgr., Adulterer (Fr.), to commit adultery, to play the adulterer, to adulterize it. 1625 F. Markham Booke of Honour 190 Examine the Decalogue in the old Law..that saith ‘Doe not adulterize.’ 1643 Milton Divorce ii. xvii. 152 If the wife attempted..such things as gave open suspicion of adulterizing. 1871 F. J. Furnivall pref. to Laneham's Lett. 71 Other spiritual fathers..haunt ale-houses, adulterize with women. |