fornicate
verb
for·ni·cate
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fornicated;
fornicating
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Other Words from fornicate
fornicator
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noun
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noun
Examples of fornicate in a Sentence
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In one corner, a woman fornicated with a peasant, and in the other corner her sister did the same. — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, "The Boarder," 30 Apr. 2018 Think of the waters around Louisiana as a great big dating pool for fish, with the eastern and western groups spending the warm summer months gorging and fornicating together. — Ben Raines, AL.com, "Giant cobia and tiny sardines, Alabama's massive fish migration," 1 Nov. 2017 Irreverent red-faced monkeys fornicated on the temple roof and patrolled the tree’s lower branches, while hundreds of flying foxes hung like overripe fruits in the canopy. — Chiara Goia, Smithsonian, "The Biggest Tree Canopy on the Planet Stretches Across Nearly Five Acres," 29 Apr. 2017 But the pages that immediately follow paint a more lurid picture, giving the distinct impression that college kids are fornicating willy-nilly, like so many bunnies in a hutch. — Jennifer Senior, New York Times, "Review: ‘American Hookup’ Gives College Sex Culture a Failing Grade," 18 Jan. 2017 Lonely on the Mountain—the Israelites are fornicating and worshipping a false idol.) — Michael Sebastian, Esquire, "How The Leftovers Found Peace Among a Lion-Worshipping Sex Cult," 15 May 2017 Irreverent red-faced monkeys fornicated on the temple roof and patrolled the tree’s lower branches, while hundreds of flying foxes hung like overripe fruits in the canopy. — Chiara Goia, Smithsonian, "The Biggest Tree Canopy on the Planet Stretches Across Nearly Five Acres," 2 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fornicate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for fornicate
fornicate
verb
English Language Learners Definition of fornicate
formal + disapproving
: to have sexual intercourse
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fornicate
verb
for·ni·cate
| \ ˈfȯr-nə-ˌkāt
\
\
fornicated;
fornicating
Other Words from fornicate
fornicator
\ -ˌkāt-ər
\
noun
\
noun
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