Defn: Predestined. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FORNICAL
For"ni*cal, a.
Defn: Relating to a fornix.
FORNICATE; FORNICATED For"ni*cate, For"ni*ca`ted, a. Etym: [L. fornicatus, fr. fornix, - icis, an arch, vault.]
1. Vaulted like an oven or furnace; arched.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Arching over; overarched. Gray.
FORNICATE For"ni*cate, v. i. Etym: [L. fornicatus, p. p. of fornicari to fornicate, fr. fornix, -icis, a vault, a brothel in an underground vault.]
Defn: To commit fornication; to have unlawful sexual intercourse.
FORNICATION
For`ni*ca"tion, n. Etym: [F. fornication, L. fornicatio.]