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Fornicate

Alt. of Fornicated

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Bang 76% connected

To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

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Bed 76% connected

An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction fro…

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Hump 76% connected

A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.

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Know 76% connected

Knee.

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Love 76% connected

A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preeminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderne…

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Screw 76% connected

A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to l…

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Swing 76% connected

To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

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Wench 76% connected

A young woman; a girl; a maiden.

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Whore 76% connected

A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men, especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot.

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Fornication 74% connected

Unlawful sexual intercourse on the part of an unmarried person; the act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman as does not by l…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fornication 74% connected

Unlawful sexual intercourse on the part of an unmarried person; the act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman as does not by l…

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Fornicator 74% connected

An unmarried person, male or female, who has criminal intercourse with the other sex; one guilty of fornication.

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Fornicator 74% connected

An unmarried person, male or female, who has criminal intercourse with the other sex; one guilty of fornication.

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