What does fornicate mean?
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ˈfɔr nɪˌkeɪtfor·ni·cate
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Princeton's WordNet
fornicateverb
have sex without being married
Wiktionary
fornicateverb
To commit fornication.
fornicateadjective
Shaped like or arch or vault; resembling a fornix.
Etymology: From fornix 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.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To FORNICATEverb
To commit lewdness.
Etymology: from fornix, Latin.
It is a new way to fornicate at a distance. Thomas Browne, Vul. Err.
Wikipedia
fornicate
Fornication is generally consensual sexual intercourse between two people not married to each other. When one or more of the partners having consensual sexual intercourse is married to another person, it is called adultery. Nonetheless, John Calvin viewed adultery to be any sexual act that is outside the divine model for sexual intercourse, which includes fornication.For many people, the term carries an overtone of moral or religious disapproval, but the significance of sexual acts to which the term is applied varies between religions, societies and cultures. In modern usage, the term is often replaced with more judgment-neutral terms like premarital sex, extramarital sex, or recreational sex.
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fornicate
Fornicate refers to engaging in sexual intercourse with someone who one isn't married to, often considered immoral or a sin by certain religions or belief systems. This term is usually used in a formal, legal, or religious context.
Webster Dictionary
Fornicateadjective
alt. of Fornicated
Fornicateverb
to commit fornication; to have unlawful sexual intercourse
Etymology: [L. fornicatus, p. p. of fornicari to fornicate, fr. fornix, -icis, a vault, a brothel in an underground vault.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Fornicate
for′ni-kāt, adj. arched: (bot.) arching over.—n. Fornicā′tion. [L. fornicatus—fornix, an arch.]
Fornicate
for′ni-kāt, v.i. to commit lewdness: to have unlawful sexual intercourse.—ns. Fornicā′tion, sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons, or an unmarried and married person: (B.) adultery, and applied frequently by a figure to idolatry; For′nicator, an unmarried person guilty of lewdness:—fem. For′nicatress. [L. fornix, an arch, brothel.]
Entomology
Fornicate
arched or vaulted: concave within, convex without.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fornicate in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fornicate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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