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fornicate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈfôrniˌkāt/,
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fornicated, past participle; fornicated, past tense; fornicating, present participle; fornicates, 3rd person singular present;
  1. (of two people not married to each other) Have sexual intercourse

  1. have sex without being married
  2. (fornication) voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other
  3. (fornication) adultery: extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations; "adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce"
  4. To commit fornication; Shaped like or arch or vault; resembling a fornix
  5. (fornication) Any kind of sexual activity outside of marriage.
  6. (FORNICATION) Illicit union of church and state.
  7. (FORNICATION) crim. law. The unlawful carnal knowledge of an unmarried person with another, whether the latter be married or unmarried. When the party is married, the offence, as to him or her, is known by the name of adultery. (q. v. ...
  8. (Fornication) Any act of unsanctioned sexual behavior or perversion, especially used in association with sex outside the realm of marriage. "But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;" (Eph. 5:3).
  9. (Fornication) In every form of it was sternly condemned by the Mosaic law (Lev 21:9; Lev 19:29; Deu 22:20, Deu 22:21, Deu 22:23; Deu 23:18; Exo 22:16). (See ADULTERY.) But this word is more frequently used in a symbolical than in its ordinary sense. ...
  10. (Fornication) Sex between two unmarried people. No longer a criminal offence, thankfully. See “Adultery.”
  11. (fornication) worship of idols; eating food sacrificed to idols. - Galatians 5:19
  12. arched; in Geastrum, having the fibrous and fleshy layers of the peridium becoming arched over the cup-like mycelial layer.