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Webster 1913 Edition

Fornicate

For′ni-cate

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fornicate

FORN'ICATE

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Definition 2024

fornicate

fornicate

English

Adjective

fornicate ‎(comparative more fornicate, superlative most fornicate)

  1. Shaped like an arch or vault; resembling a fornix.

Translations

Derived terms

Verb

fornicate ‎(third-person singular simple present fornicates, present participle fornicating, simple past and past participle fornicated)

  1. (intransitive) To commit fornication.

Derived terms

Translations

Italian

Verb

fornicate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of fornicare
  2. second-person plural imperative of fornicare
  3. feminine plural of fornicato

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

fornicāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of fornicātus

Etymology

From Latin fornix ‎(“arch, vault; brothel”) Arch as in a passageway, it was customary for courtesans of the era to wait for their customers out of the rain under these archways.

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