Webster's Dictionary 1828

1918

FORMATIVE

FORM'ATIVE, adjective1. Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic.The meanest plant cannot be raised without seeds, by any formative power residing in the soil.2. In...

1919

FORMED

FORM'ED, participle passive Made; shaped; molded; planned; arranged; combined; enacted; constituted.

1920

FORMEDON

FORM'EDON, noun [forma doni.] A writ for the recovery of lands by statute of Westminister.

1921

FORMER

FORM'ER, noun He that forms; a maker; an author.FOR'MER, adjectivecomparative deg.1. Before in time; preceding another or something else in order of time; opposed to latter.Her ...

1922

FORMERLY

FOR'MERLY, adverb In time past, either in time immediately preceding, or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore. We formerly imported slaves from Africa. Nations formerl...

1923

FORMFUL

FORM'FUL, adjective Ready to form; creative; imaginative.

1924

FORMIATE

FOR'MIATE, noun [from Latin formica, an ant.] A neutral salt, composed of the formic acid and a base.

1925

FORMIC

FOR'MIC, adjective [Latin formica, an ant.] Pertaining to ants; as the formic acid, the acid of ants.

1926

FORMICATION

FORMICA'TION, noun [Latin formicatio, from formico, or formica, an ant.]A sensation of the body resembling that made by the creeping of ants on the skin.

1927

FORMIDABLE

FORM'IDABLE, adjective [Latin formidabilis, from formido, fear.]Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter or und...

1928

FORMIDABLENESS

FORM'IDABLENESS, noun The quality of being formidable, or adapted to excite dread.

1929

FORMIDABLY

FORM'IDABLY, adverb In a manner to impress fear.

1930

FORMLESS

FORM'LESS, adjective [from form.] Shapeless; without a determinate form; wanting regularity of shape.

1931

FORMULA

FORM'ULA, 'ULE, noun [Latin]

1932

FORMULARY

FORM'ULARY, noun [from Latin formula.]1. A book containing stated and prescribed forms, as of oaths, declarations, prayers and the like; a book of precedents.2. Prescribed form....

1933

FORNICATE

FORN'ICATE,FORN'ICATED, adjective [Latin fornicatus, from fornix, an arch.] Arched; vaulted like an oven or furnace.FORN'ICATE, verb intransitive [Latin fornicor, from fornix, a...

1934

FORNICATED

FORN'ICATED, a. [L. fornicatus, from fornix, an arch.] Arched; vaulted like an oven or furnace.

1935

FORNICATION

FORNICA'TION, noun [Latin fornicatio.]1. The incontinence or lewdness of unmarried persons, male or female; also, the criminal conversation of a married man with an unmarried wo...

1936

FORNICATOR

FORN'ICATOR, noun1. An unmarried person, male or female, who has criminal conversation with the other sex; also, a married man who has sexual commerce with an unmarried woman. [...

1937

FORNICATRESS

FORN'ICATRESS, noun An unmarried female guilty lewdness.

1938

FORPASS

FORP'ASS, verb intransitive To go by; to pass unnoticed. obsolete

1939

FORPINE

FORPI'NE, verb intransitive To pine or waste away. obsolete

1940

FORRAY

FORRA'Y, verb transitive To ravage. obsoleteFORRA'Y, noun The act of ravaging. obsolete

1941

FORSAKE

FORSA'KE, verb transitivepreterit tense forsook; participle passive forsaken. See Seek.]1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart from. Friends and flattere...

1942

FORSAKEN

FORSA'KEN, participle passive Deserted; left; abandoned.

1943

FORSAKER

FORSA'KER, noun One that forsakes or deserts.

1944

FORSAKING

FORSA'KING, participle present tense Leaving or deserting.FORSA'KING, noun The act of deserting; dereliction.