fornicate
1 Americanverb (used without object)
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fornicates,
present (3rd person singular)
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fornicated,
past participle, past
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fornicating
present participle
adjective
verb
adjective
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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fornicatesimple
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fornicatessimple
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have fornicatedperfect
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has fornicatedperfect
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am fornicatingprogressive
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are fornicatingprogressive
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is fornicatingprogressive
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have been fornicatingperfect progressive
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has been fornicatingperfect progressive
Past
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fornicatedsimple
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had fornicatedperfect
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was fornicatingprogressive
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were fornicatingprogressive
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had been fornicatingperfect progressive
Future
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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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 Asa Gray
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