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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