inescate

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To allure; to lay a bait for. obsolete,transitive
    — Many such pranks are played by our Jesuits, sometimes in their own habits, sometimes in others, – to inescate and beguile young women.

词形变化

inescates present,singular,third-person inescating participle,present inescated participle,past inescated past

词源

First attested in 1602; borrowed from Latin inēscātus, perfect passive participle of inēscō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + ēsca (“a bait”).
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