Formulary For"mu·la·ry adjective [ Confer French
formulaire . See
Formula .]
Stated; prescribed; ritual.
Formulary For"mu·la·ry noun ;
plural Formularies . [ Confer French
formulaire .]
1. A book containing stated and prescribed forms, as of oaths, declarations, prayers, medical formulać, etc.; a book of precedents. 2. Prescribed form or model; formula.
Formulate For"mu·late transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Formulated ;
present participle & verbal noun Formulating .]
To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression. G. P. Marsh.
Formulation For`mu·la"tion noun The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.
Formule For"mule noun [ French]
A set or prescribed model; a formula. [ Obsolete]
Johnson.
Formulization For`mu·li·za"tion noun The act or process of reducing to a formula; the state of being formulized.
Formulize For"mu·lize transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Formulized ;
present participle & verbal noun Formulizing .]
To reduce to a formula; to formulate. Emerson.
Formyl For"myl noun [
Form ic +
- yl .]
(Chemistry) (a) A univalent radical, H.C:O, regarded as the essential residue of formic acid and aldehyde. (b) Formerly, the radical methyl, CH 3 .
Forncast Forn·cast" past participle [ Middle English
foren + cast . See
Forecast .]
Predestined. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Fornical For"ni·cal adjective Relating to a fornix.
Fornicate For"ni·cate intransitive verb [ Latin
fornicatus ,
past participle of fornicari to fornicate, from
fornix ,
-icis , a vault, a brothel in an underground vault.]
To commit fornication; to have unlawful sexual intercourse.
Fornicate, Fornicated For"ni·cate, For"ni·ca`ted adjective [ Latin
fornicatus , from
fornix ,
- icis , an arch, vault.]
1. Vaulted like an oven or furnace; arched. 2. (Botany) Arching over; overarched. Gray.
Fornication For`ni·ca"tion noun [ French
fornication , Latin
fornicatio .]
1. 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 law amount to adultery. » In England, the offense, though cognizable in the ecclesiastical courts, was not at common law subject to secular prosecution. In the United States it is indictable in some States at common law, in others only by statute.
Whartyon. 2. (Script.) (a) Adultery. (b) Incest. (c) Idolatry.
Fornicator For"ni·ca`tor noun [ French
fornicateur , Old French
fornicator , from Latin
fornicator .]
An unmarried person, male or female, who has criminal intercourse with the other sex; one guilty of fornication.
Fornicatress For"ni·ca`tress noun [ Confer French
fornicatrice , Latin
fornicatrix .]
A woman guilty of fornication. Shak.
Fornix For"nix noun ;
plural Fornices . [ Latin , an arch.]
(Anat.) (a) An arch or fold; as, the fornix , or vault, of the cranium; the fornix , or reflection, of the conjuctiva. (b) Esp., two longitudinal bands of white nervous tissue beneath the lateral ventricles of the brain.
Forold For·old" adjective Very old. [ Obsolete]
A bear's skin, coal-black, forold .
Chaucer.
Forpass For·pass" transitive verb & i. To pass by or along; to pass over. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Forpine For·pine" transitive verb To waste away completely by suffering or torment. [ Archaic] "Pale as a
forpined ghost."
Chaucer.
Forray For"ray transitive verb [ Middle English
forrayen . See
Foray .]
To foray; to ravage; to pillage. For they that morn had forrayed all the land.
Fairfax.
Forray For"ray noun The act of ravaging; a ravaging; a predatory excursion. See Foray .
Forrill For"rill noun [ See
Forel .]
Lambskin parchment; vellum; forel. McElrath.
Forsake For·sake" transitive verb [
imperfect Forsook ;
past participle Forsaken ;
present participle & verbal noun Forsaking .] [ Anglo-Saxon
forsacan to oppose, refuse;
for- +
sacan to contend, strive; akin to Goth.
sakan . See
For- , and
Sake .]
1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity. If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments.
Ps. lxxxix. 30. 2. To renounce; to reject; to refuse. If you forsake the offer of their love.
Shak. Syn. -- To abandon; quit; desert; fail; relinquish; give up; renounce; reject. See
Abandon .
Forsaker For·sak"er noun One who forsakes or deserts.
Forsay For·say" transitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon
forsecgan to accuse; prefix
for- +
secgan to say.]
To forbid; to renounce; to forsake; to deny. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Forshape For·shape" transitive verb [ Prefix
for- +
shape , v.t.]
To render misshapen. [ Obsolete]
Gower.
Forslack For·slack" transitive verb [ Prefix
for- +
slack to neglect.]
To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Forslouthe For·slouth"e transitive verb [ See
For- , and
Slouth .]
To lose by sloth or negligence. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Forslow For·slow" transitive verb [ Prefix
for- +
slow .]
To delay; to hinder; to neglect; to put off. [ Obsolete]
Bacon.
Forslow For·slow" intransitive verb To loiter. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Forslugge For·slug"ge transitive verb [ See
Slug to be idle.]
To lsoe by idleness or slotch. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Forsooth For·sooth" adverb [ Anglo-Saxon
forsōđ ;
for , preposition +
sōđ sooth, truth. See
For ,
prep ., and
Sooth .]
In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; -- formerly used as an expression of deference or respect, especially to woman; now used ironically or contemptuously. A fit man, forsooth , to govern a realm!
Hayward. Our old English word forsooth has been changed for the French madam .
Guardian.
Forsooth For·sooth" transitive verb To address respectfully with the term forsooth . [ Obsolete]
The captain of the "Charles" had forsoothed her, though he knew her well enough and she him.
Pepys.
Forsooth For·sooth" noun A person who used forsooth much; a very ceremonious and deferential person. [ R.]
You sip so like a forsooth of the city.
B. Jonson.
Forspeak For·speak" transitive verb [ Prefix
for- +
speak .]
1. To forbid; to prohibit. Shak. 2. To bewitch. [ Obsolete]
Drayton.
Forspent For·spent" adjective [ Anglo-Saxon
forspendan to consume; prefix
for- +
spendan to spend.]
Wasted in strength; tired; exhausted. [ Archaic]
A gentleman almost forspent with speed.
Shak.
Forstall For·stall" transitive verb To forestall. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Forster Fors"ter noun A forester. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Forstraught For·straught" past participle & adjective [ Prefix
for- +
straught ; confer
distraught .]
Distracted. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Forswat For·swat" adjective [ See
Sweat .]
Spent with heat; covered with sweat. [ Obsolete]
P. Sidney.
Forswear For·swear" transitive verb [
imperfect Forswore ;
past participle Forsworn ;
present participle & verbal noun Forswearing .] [ Middle English
forsweren ,
forswerien , Anglo-Saxon
forswerian ; prefix
for- +
swerian to swear. See
For- , and
Swear ,
intransitive verb ]
1. To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations. I . . . do forswear her.
Shak. 2. To deny upon oath. Like innocence, and as serenely bold
As truth, how loudly he forswears thy gold!
Dryden. To forswear one's self ,
to swear falsely; to perjure one's self. "Thou shalt not
forswear thyself ."
Matt. v. 33. Syn. -- See
Perjure .
Forswear For·swear" intransitive verb To swear falsely; to commit perjury. Shak.
Forswearer For·swear"er noun One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false oath.
Forswonk For·swonk" adjective [ Prefix
for- +
swonk , past participle of
swink to labor. See
Swink .]
Overlabored; exhausted; worn out. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Forswore For·swore" imperfect of Forswear .
Forsworn For·sworn" past participle of Forswear .
Forswornness For·sworn"ness noun State of being forsworn. [ R.]
Forsythia For·syth"i·a adjective [ New Latin Named after William
Forsyth , who brought in from China.]
(Botany) A shrub of the Olive family, with yellow blossoms.
Fort Fort noun [ French, from
fort strong, Latin
fortis ; perhaps akin to Sanskrit
darh to fix, make firm, and to English
firm Confer
Forte ,
Force ,
Fortalice ,
Comfort ,
Effort .]
(Mil.) A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification. Detached works, depending solely on their own strength, belong to the class of works termed forts .
Farrow.
Fortalice Fort"a·lice noun [ Late Latin
fortalitia , or Old French
fortelesce . See
Fortress .]
(Mil.) A small outwork of a fortification; a fortilage; - - called also fortelace .
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