释义 |
fornicatefor‧ni‧cate /ˈfɔːnɪkeɪt $ ˈfɔːr-/ verb [intransitive] fornicateOrigin: 1500-1600 Late Latin fornicare, from Latin fornix ‘brothel (= place for buying sex)’ VERB TABLEfornicate |
Present | I, you, we, they | fornicate | | he, she, it | fornicates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | fornicated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have fornicated | | he, she, it | has fornicated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had fornicated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will fornicate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have fornicated |
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Present | I | am fornicating | | he, she, it | is fornicating | | you, we, they | are fornicating | Past | I, he, she, it | was fornicating | | you, we, they | were fornicating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been fornicating | | he, she, it | has been fornicating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been fornicating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be fornicating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been fornicating |
- Many were almost illiterate and spent much of their time drinking and fornicating, as did some of the nuns.
- Those who joined were forced to fornicate in the presence of others.
a word meaning to have sex with someone who you are not married to – used to show strong disapproval—fornication /ˌfɔːnɪˈkeɪʃən $ ˌfɔːr-/ noun [uncountable] |