constitutional formula, etc. See also the formula of Benzene nucleus, under Benzene. — Molecular
formula (Chem.), a formula indicating the supposed molecular constitution of a compound.
Formularistic
(For`mu*la*ris"tic) a. Pertaining to, or exhibiting, formularization. Emerson.
Formularization
(For`mu*lar*i*za"tion) n. The act of formularizing; a formularized or formulated statement
or exhibition. C. Kingsley.
Formularize
(For"mu*lar*ize) v. t. To reduce to a forula; to formulate.
Formulary
(For"mu*la*ry) a. [Cf. F. formulaire. See Formula.] Stated; prescribed; ritual.
Formulary
(For"mu*la*ry), n.; pl. Formularies [Cf. F. formulaire.]
1. A book containing stated and prescribed forms, as of oaths, declarations, prayers, medical formulaæ,
etc.; a book of precedents.
2. Prescribed form or model; formula.
Formulate
(For"mu*late) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Formulated ; p. pr. & vb. n. 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) n. The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.
Formule
(For"mule) n. [F.] A set or prescribed model; a formula. [Obs.] Johnson.
Formulization
(For`mu*li*za"tion) n. The act or process of reducing to a formula; the state of being formulized.
Formulize
(For"mu*lize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Formulized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Formulizing ] To reduce to
a formula; to formulate. Emerson.
Formyl
(For"myl) n. [Formic + - yl.] (Chem.) (a) A univalent radical, H.C:O, regarded as the essential
residue of formic acid and aldehyde. (b) Formerly, the radical methyl, CH3.
Forncast
(Forn*cast") p. p. [OE. foren + cast. See Forecast.] Predestined. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fornical
(For"ni*cal) a. Relating to a fornix.
Fornicate
(For"ni*cate For"ni*ca`ted) , a. [L. fornicatus, fr. fornix, - icis, an arch, vault.]
1. Vaulted like an oven or furnace; arched.
2. (Bot.) Arching over; overarched. Gray.
Fornicate
(For"ni*cate) v. i. [L. fornicatus, p. p. of fornicari to fornicate, fr. fornix, -icis, a vault, a
brothel in an underground vault.] To commit fornication; to have unlawful sexual intercourse.
Fornication
(For`ni*ca"tion) n. [F. fornication, L. 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.
