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fornicated, ppl. a.|ˈfɔːnɪkeɪtɪd|
[f. L. fornicāt-us (see fornicate a.) + -ed1.]
Arched, bending over; esp. in Bot. of a leaf, etc.
1750G. Hughes Barbadoes 218 The Stylus..is divided at the top into three fornicated branches.
¶ With word-play on fornicate v.
1641Milton Ch. Govt. ii. iii. (1851) 173 [She] gives up her body to a mercenary whordome under those fornicated arches which she cals Gods house. |