fornicate

for·ni·cate

intransitive verb

-·cat·ed, -·cat·ing

to commit fornication

Origin of fornicate

from Ecclesiastical Late Latin fornicatus, past participle of fornicari, to fornicate from Classical Latin fornix (gen. fornicis), a brothel, origin, originally , vault from fornus, an oven, akin to fornax, furnace

arched or vaulted

Origin of fornicate

Classical Latin fornicatus from fornix: see fornicate

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fornicate

intransitive verb

for·ni·cat·ed, for·ni·cat·ing, for·ni·cates

To commit fornication.

Origin of fornicate

Late Latin fornicārī fornicāt- from fornix fornic- vault, vaulted cellar, brothel ; see g^wher- in Indo-European roots.

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for′ni·ca′tor
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Adjective

(comparative more fornicate, superlative most fornicate)

Shaped like an arch or vault; resembling a fornix.

Verb

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

(intransitive) To commit fornication.

Origin

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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fornicate - Legal Definition

To have sex with someone to whom one is not married.

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