philander
verb (used without object)
(especially of a man) to have many casual sexual encounters or affairs, especially when married or in a committed relationship.
philandered
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past participleof philander.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof philander.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
philanderverb (used without object)(especially of a man) to have many casual sexual encounters or affairs, especially when married or in a committed relationship.
Example Sentences
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While the men in the family philandered, Eunice spurned the wooing of her faithful suitor Sargent Shriver for seven years and came close to taking vows of chastity.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2018
In Paris, Lulu philandered crazily with gamblers, procurers and swindlers.
From Time Magazine Archive
If you had not gone and frightened her, they might have philandered on all this time, till the whole affair died of its own silliness.’
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Charlotte Mary Yonge
The fellow had philandered round her some time, and had shown an insolent and interfering temper once or twice towards himself.
From Harvest by Mrs. Humphry Ward
The collector, in white linen and canvas shoes, philandered with papers on an antique desk.
From Cabbages and Kings by O. Henry
