--- "Lori R. Fye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Vanessa wonders:
>
> > What is considered adultery?
>
> From Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
> (online):
>
> Main Entry: adul�tery
> Pronunciation: &-'d&l-t(&-)rE
> Function: noun
> Inflected Form(s): plural -ter�ies
> Etymology: Middle English, alteration of avoutrie,
> from Middle French, from Latin adulterium, from
> adulter adulterer, back-formation from adulterare
> Date: 15th century
>
> : voluntary sexual intercourse between a married man
> and someone other than his wife or between a married
> woman and someone other than her husband; also : an
> act of adultery
>
> -----
>
> This of course creates the necessity to define
> "sexual
> intercourse." Again, from Merriam-Webster's
> (online):
>
> Main Entry: sexual intercourse
> Function: noun
> Date: 1799
>
> 1 : heterosexual intercourse involving penetration
> of
> the vagina by the penis : COITUS
>
> 2 : intercourse involving genital contact between
> individuals other than penetration of the vagina by
> the penis
>
> -----
>
> Hope that's helpful.
>
> Lori
> in DC
If you want the definitive version, you may wish to
check with Bill Clinton!
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