Adultery

ad-ult′ėr-i, n. violation of the marriage-bed, whether one's own or another's: in Scripture applied loosely to unchastity generally.— n. Adult′erer , a man guilty of adultery:— fem. Adult′ere .— adj. Adult′erine , resulting from adultery: spurious.— n. the offspring of adultery.— v.t. and v.i. Adult′erise ( arch. ).— adj. Adult′erous , guilty of adultery. [O. Fr. avoutrie , avoutre , an adulterer—L. adulterum , prob. from ad , to, and alter , another. The modern form of the word is due to a later approximation to the Latin form.]