Part 4521

<hw>For"ni*ca`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fornicateur</ets>, OF. <ets>fornicator</ets>, from L. <ets>fornicator</ets>.]</ety> <def>An unmarried person, male or female, who has criminal intercourse with the other sex; one guilty of fornication.</def>

<h1>Fornicatress</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For"ni*ca`tress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fornicatrice</ets>, L. <ets>fornicatrix</ets>.]</ety> <def>A woman guilty of fornication.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fornix</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For"nix</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fornices</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., an arch.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An arch or fold; <as>as, the <ex>fornix</ex>, or vault, of the cranium; the <ex>fornix</ex>, or reflection, of the conjuctiva.</as></def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Esp., two longitudinal bands of white nervous tissue beneath the lateral ventricles of the brain.</def>

<h1>Forold</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For*old"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Very old.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A bear's skin, coal-black, <b>forold</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Forpass</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For*pass"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>To pass by or along; to pass over.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Forpine</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For*pine"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To waste away completely by suffering or torment.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> "Pale as a <i>forpined</i> ghost."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Forray</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For"ray</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>forrayen</ets>. See <er>Foray</er>.]</ety> <def>To foray; to ravage; to pillage.</def>

<blockquote>For they that morn had <b>forrayed</b> all the land. <i>Fairfax.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Forray</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For"ray</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of ravaging; a ravaging; a predatory excursion. See <er>Foray</er>.</def>

<h1>Forrill</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For"rill</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Forel</er>.]</ety> <def>Lambskin parchment; vellum; forel.</def>

<i>McElrath.</i>

<h1>Forsake</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For*sake"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Forsook</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Forsaken</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Forsaking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>forsacan</ets> to oppose, refuse; <ets>for-</ets> + <ets>sacan</ets> to contend, strive; akin to Goth. <ets>sakan</ets>. See <er>For-</er>, and <er>Sake</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; <as>as, false friends and flatterers <ex>forsake</ex> us in adversity</as>.</def>

<blockquote>If his children <b>forsake</b> my law, and walk not in my judgments. <i>Ps. lxxxix. 30.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To renounce; to reject; to refuse.</def>

<blockquote>If you <b>forsake</b> the offer of their love. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>