Definition of fornicate in English:

fornicate

verb ˈfɔːnɪkeɪtˈfɔrnəˌkeɪt

[no object]humorous, formal

Have sexual intercourse with someone one is not married to.
Example sentencesExamples
- If our patients had no alternative but to fornicate, perhaps it would be a case of passing the buck.
- He thus has the knowledge that he should avoid fornication, but he fornicates nonetheless because he actually sees the fornication as an act of pleasure to be pursued.
- They traveled and probably fornicated in cars made by giant multinational corporations.
- The final chorus in this production reverses the emotional polarities of the whole opera: singing about their new-won freedom, the humans fight, flirt and fornicate.
- A man of irreproachable personal piety who nevertheless has no objection to his neighbors’ boozing on the Sabbath or fornicating in haylofts is not a Puritan.

Derivatives

fornicator

noun ˈfɔːnɪkeɪtəˈfɔrnəˌkeɪdər

humorous, formal

And if they are, how would you punish the fornicator or adulterer?
Example sentencesExamples
- They play in a band and sing songs; they pass out leaflets; and they scold the fornicators who live next door.
- And yet not one member of the House or Senate would consider supporting a constitutional amendment to discriminate against fornicators or adulterers.
- By the late eighteenth century, New England law enforcers arrested few fornicators or adulterers, though premarital and extramarital sex had hardly disappeared.
- Will we change the Constitution to restrict the rights of fornicators, adulterers or divorcees in the interest of protecting the ‘sanctity’ of marriage?

Origin

Middle English (as fornication): from ecclesiastical Latin fornicat- 'arched', from fornicari, from Latin fornix, fornic- 'vaulted chamber', later 'brothel'.

Definition of fornicate in US English:

fornicate

verbˈfôrnəˌkātˈfɔrnəˌkeɪt

[no object]formal, humorous

(of two people not married to each other) have sexual intercourse.
Example sentencesExamples
- The final chorus in this production reverses the emotional polarities of the whole opera: singing about their new-won freedom, the humans fight, flirt and fornicate.
- He thus has the knowledge that he should avoid fornication, but he fornicates nonetheless because he actually sees the fornication as an act of pleasure to be pursued.
- They traveled and probably fornicated in cars made by giant multinational corporations.
- A man of irreproachable personal piety who nevertheless has no objection to his neighbors’ boozing on the Sabbath or fornicating in haylofts is not a Puritan.
- If our patients had no alternative but to fornicate, perhaps it would be a case of passing the buck.

Origin

Middle English (as fornication): from ecclesiastical Latin fornicat- ‘arched’, from fornicari, from Latin fornix, fornic- ‘vaulted chamber’, later ‘brothel’.

单词	fornicate
释义	Definition of fornicate in English: fornicate verb ˈfɔːnɪkeɪtˈfɔrnəˌkeɪt [no object]humorous, formal Have sexual intercourse with someone one is not married to. Example sentencesExamples If our patients had no alternative but to fornicate, perhaps it would be a case of passing the buck. He thus has the knowledge that he should avoid fornication, but he fornicates nonetheless because he actually sees the fornication as an act of pleasure to be pursued. They traveled and probably fornicated in cars made by giant multinational corporations. The final chorus in this production reverses the emotional polarities of the whole opera: singing about their new-won freedom, the humans fight, flirt and fornicate. A man of irreproachable personal piety who nevertheless has no objection to his neighbors’ boozing on the Sabbath or fornicating in haylofts is not a Puritan. Derivatives fornicator noun ˈfɔːnɪkeɪtəˈfɔrnəˌkeɪdər humorous, formal And if they are, how would you punish the fornicator or adulterer? Example sentencesExamples They play in a band and sing songs; they pass out leaflets; and they scold the fornicators who live next door. And yet not one member of the House or Senate would consider supporting a constitutional amendment to discriminate against fornicators or adulterers. By the late eighteenth century, New England law enforcers arrested few fornicators or adulterers, though premarital and extramarital sex had hardly disappeared. Will we change the Constitution to restrict the rights of fornicators, adulterers or divorcees in the interest of protecting the ‘sanctity’ of marriage? Origin Middle English (as fornication): from ecclesiastical Latin fornicat- 'arched', from fornicari, from Latin fornix, fornic- 'vaulted chamber', later 'brothel'. Definition of fornicate in US English: fornicate verbˈfôrnəˌkātˈfɔrnəˌkeɪt [no object]formal, humorous (of two people not married to each other) have sexual intercourse. Example sentencesExamples The final chorus in this production reverses the emotional polarities of the whole opera: singing about their new-won freedom, the humans fight, flirt and fornicate. He thus has the knowledge that he should avoid fornication, but he fornicates nonetheless because he actually sees the fornication as an act of pleasure to be pursued. They traveled and probably fornicated in cars made by giant multinational corporations. A man of irreproachable personal piety who nevertheless has no objection to his neighbors’ boozing on the Sabbath or fornicating in haylofts is not a Puritan. If our patients had no alternative but to fornicate, perhaps it would be a case of passing the buck. Origin Middle English (as fornication): from ecclesiastical Latin fornicat- ‘arched’, from fornicari, from Latin fornix, fornic- ‘vaulted chamber’, later ‘brothel’.
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