Fornication vs Copulate - What's the difference?
fornication | copulate |
sexual intercourse, especially on the part of an unmarried person.
(legal) The act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman which does not by law amount to adultery.
* 1604' ''I am the sister of one Claudio, Condemn'd upon the act of '''fornication To lose his head; condemn'd by Angelo'' — Shakespeare, ''Measure for Measure , Act 5, Scene 1
* 1611' ''Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, '''fornication , uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. — Galatians 5:19-21 KJV
To engage in sexual intercourse.
(obsolete) Joined; associated; coupled.
(grammar) Joining subject and predicate; copulative.
As a noun fornication
is sexual intercourse, especially on the part of an unmarried person.As a verb copulate is
to engage in sexual intercourse.As an adjective copulate is
(obsolete) joined; associated; coupled.fornication
English
(wikipedia fornication)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* fornicatoryReferences
copulate
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Verb
(copulat)Synonyms
* fuck, make love, screw, swive, bang, sleep together * See alsoAdjective
(-)- (Francis Bacon)
