For"ni*cate (?), For"ni*ca`ted (?), a. [L. fornicatus, fr. fornix, -icis, an arch, vault.]
1.
Vaulted like an oven or furnace; arched.
2. Bot.
Arching over; overarched.
Gray.
© Webster 1913.
For"ni*cate (?), v. i. [L. fornicatus, p. p. of fornicari to fornicate, fr. fornix, -icis, a vault, a brothel in an underground vault.]
To commit fornication; to have unlawful sexual intercourse.
© Webster 1913.