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FORNICATE
fornicate
(verb) have sex without being married
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
fornicate (comparative more fornicate, superlative most fornicate)
Shaped like an arch or vault; resembling a fornix.
Verb
fornicate (third-person singular simple present fornicates, present participle fornicating, simple past and past participle fornicated)
(intransitive) To engage in fornication; to have sex, especially illicit sex.
Synonyms
• have sex, make love, seduce; see also copulate
Anagrams
• factioner, fornacite, refaction
Source: Wiktionary
For"ni*cate, For"ni*ca`ted, a. Etym: [L. fornicatus, fr. fornix, - icis, an arch, vault.]
1. Vaulted like an oven or furnace; arched.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Arching over; overarched. Gray.
For"ni*cate, v. i. Etym: [L. fornicatus, p. p. of fornicari to fornicate, fr. fornix, -icis, a vault, a brothel in an underground vault.]
Definition: To commit fornication; to have unlawful sexual intercourse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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