- 1. a. Proceeding from adulterous intercourse. Hence: Spurious; without the support of law; illegal. Source: opted
- 2. n. An illegitimate child. Source: opted
- 3. adj. conceived in adultery Source: wordnet
- 4. class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/proceeding">Proceeding from class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/adulterous">adulterous intercourse. Hence: Spurious; without the support of law; illegal. When any particular class of artificers or traders thought proper to act as a corporation without a charter, such were called adulterine guilds. Adam Smith. An illegitimate child. [R.] Source: webster
- 5. class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/proceeding">Proceeding from class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/adulterous">adulterous intercourse. Hence: Spurious;without the support of law; illegal.When any particular class of artificers or traders thought proper toact as a corporation without a charter, such were called adulterineguilds. Adam Smith. Source: adambom
- 6. s. conceived in adultery Source: ecdict
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