| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Pander.[Websters]
2. To have procured. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have submitted or kowtowed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have brokered or factored. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have indulged or humored. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have umpired. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have promoted, fomented or heartened. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have encouraged, stimulated, emboldened or flattered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have stooped. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have supported, favoured, seconded or cheered.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb pander.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (pander) | 1. Yield (to); give satisfaction to.[Wordnet]. 2. Arrange for sexual partners for others.[Wordnet]. 3. To play the pander for.[Websters]. 4. To act the part of a pander.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: pandering, pandered, panders, panderer, panderers, panderingly and peredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "PANDERED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
Specialty Definition: pander
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] A pimp, a procurer; a male bawd; a mean profligate wretch who caters for the lust of others.. | 2: [Verb] To pimp; to procure lewd women for others.. | 3: [Verb] To act as agent for the lusts of others.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Literature | 1: "Let all pitiful goers-between be called to the world's end after my name, call them all `Pandars.' Let all constant men be `Troiluses,' all false women be `Cressids,' and all brokers-between, `Pandars.' Say, Amen."- Troilus and Cressida, iii. 2. 2: Pander To pander to one's vices is to act as an agent to them, and such an agent is termed a pander, from Pandarus, who procures for Troilus the love and graces of Cressida. In Much Ado about Nothing it is said that Troilus was "the first employer of pandars" (v. 2). (Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida; Chaucer: Troilus and Cresseide.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer, especially when male. (Later panderer.) 1992, Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright, translating Marcel Proust, Swann's Way, Folio Society 2005, p. 190: It was not only the brilliant phalanx of virtuous dowagers, generals and academicians with whom he was most intimately associated that Swann so cynically compelled to serve him as panders. (references) | 2: [Noun] An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt. (references) | 3: [Noun] An offer of illicit sex with a third party. (references) | 4: [Verb] (intransitive) To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp. (references) | 5: [Verb] (intransitive) To tempt with, to appeal to (improper motivations etc.); to assist in the gratification of. His latest speech simply seems to pander to the worst instincts of the electorate. (references) |
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Common Expressions: pander
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Heinz Christian Pander | Pander studied the chick embryo and discovered the germ layers (i.e., three distinct regions of the embryo that five rise to the specific organ system). Deveopmental Biolgy, Gilbert. (references) | ||
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