fornicate

¹ American  

[fawr-ni-keyt] / ˈfɔr nɪˌkeɪt /

verb (used without object)

fornicates, present (3rd person singular) fornicated, past participle, past fornicating present participle

1. to have sexual intercourse with someone to whom one is not married.

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fornicate ² American  

[fawr-ni-kit, -keyt] / ˈfɔr nɪ kɪt, -ˌkeɪt /

Also fornicated

adjective

Biology.

1. arched or vaulted in form.

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fornicate ¹ British  

/ ˈfɔːnɪˌkeɪt /

verb

1. (intr) to indulge in or commit fornication

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fornicate ² British  

/ -ˌkeɪt, ˈfɔːnɪkɪt /

adjective

1. biology arched or hoodlike in form

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• fornicator
  noun

Inflected Forms

Participles

• fornicating
  present
• fornicated
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• fornicate
  simple
• fornicates
  simple
• have fornicated
  perfect
• has fornicated
  perfect
• am fornicating
  progressive
• are fornicating
  progressive
• is fornicating
  progressive
• have been fornicating
  perfect progressive
• has been fornicating
  perfect progressive

Past

• fornicated
  simple
• had fornicated
  perfect
• was fornicating
  progressive
• were fornicating
  progressive
• had been fornicating
  perfect progressive

Future

• will fornicate
  simple
• will have fornicated
  perfect
• will be fornicating
  progressive
• will have been fornicating
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of fornicate¹

First recorded in 1545–55; from Late Latin fornicātus “consorted,” past participle of fornicārī “to consort with prostitutes,” from Latin fornix “basement, brothel,” also “arch, vault”; cf. fornicate ²

Origin of fornicate²

First recorded in 1820–30; from Latin fornicātus, from fornix “arch, vault,” also “basement, brothel”; cf. fornicate ¹

Example Sentences

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fornicate

Corolla short, usually with more or less fornicate throat.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa