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Fornicate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORN'ICATE,
FORN'ICATED, a. [L. fornicatus, from fornix, an arch.] Arched; vaulted like an oven or furnace.
FORN'ICATE, v.i. [L. fornicor, from fornix, a brothel.]
To commit lewdness, as an unmarried man or woman, or as a married man with an unmarried woman.
If a brahman fornicate with a Nayr woman, he shall not thereby lose his cast.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: have sex without being married

Merriam Webster's

verb (-cated; -cating) Etymology: Late Latin fornicatus, past participle of fornicare to have intercourse with prostitutes, from Latin fornic-, fornix arch, vault, brothel Date: 1552 intransitive verb to commit fornication transitive verb to commit fornication with • fornicator noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. archaic or joc. (of people not married or not married to each other) have sexual intercourse voluntarily. Derivatives: fornication n. fornicator n. Etymology: eccl.L fornicari f. L fornix -icis brothel

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fornicate For"ni*cate, Fornicated For"ni*ca`ted, a. [L. fornicatus, fr. fornix, -icis, an arch, vault.] 1. Vaulted like an oven or furnace; arched. 2. (Bot.) Arching over; overarched. --Gray.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fornicate For"ni*cate, v. i. [L. fornicatus, p. p. of fornicari to fornicate, fr. fornix, -icis, a vault, a brothel in an underground vault.] To commit fornication; to have unlawful sexual intercourse.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(fornicates, fornicating, fornicated) To fornicate means to have sex with someone you are not married to. (FORMAL) V-RECIP: pl-n V, V with n, V (non-recip) [disapproval] • fornication Fornication is a crime in some American states.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. (Bot.) Arched, vaulted.

Moby Thesaurus

ball, be intimate, be promiscuous, chase women, cohabit, come together, commit adultery, copulate, couple, cover, debauch, diddle, dissipate, frig, grovel, have sex, have sexual relations, lay, lie with, make it with, make love, make out, mate, mount, philander, rake, screw, serve, service, sleep around, sleep with, swing, wallow, wanton, whore, womanize