fornicate

/ˌfɔrnəˈkeɪt/
/ˈfɔnɪkeɪt/
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Other forms: fornicating; fornicated; fornicates

Definitions of fornicate
  1. verb
    have sex without being married
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    types:
    swing
    engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
    bed-hop, bedhop, sleep around
    be sexually active with more than one partner
    type of:
    have intercourse, have sex, love, roll in the hay
    have sexual intercourse with
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