ADULTERINE

ADUL'TERINE, adjective Proceeding from adulterous commerce; spurious.ADUL'TERINE, noun In the civil law, a child issuing from an adulterous connection.

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adulterine. Adulterine, a. proceeding from adultery

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A‐dul″ter‐ine (�), a. [[L. adulterinus, fr. adulter.]] Proceeding from 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.