delibate

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To taste; to take a sip of. obsolete,transitive
    — 1641: Shackerley Marmion, The Antiquary, Act III: [Duke:] But when he has travell’d and delibated, the French and the Spanish can lye a bed, and expound Astrea, and digest him into complements …
  2. To dabble in. obsolete,transitive

词形变化

delibates present,singular,third-person delibating participle,present delibated participle,past delibated past

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First attested in 1623; Borrowed from Latin dēlibātus, perfect passive participle of dēlibō (“to take away from, to taste from”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + libō (“to taste; to consecrate a liquid”).
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