fornicate
verb [intransitive] (formal, disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they fornicate | |
| he / she / it fornicates | |
| past simple fornicated | |
| past participle fornicated | |
| -ing form fornicating |
to have sex with somebody that you are not married to 私通；通奸 Word OriginMiddle English (as fornication): from ecclesiastical Latin fornicat- ‘arched’, from fornicari, from Latin fornix, fornic- ‘vaulted chamber’, later ‘brothel’.