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illaqueate

illaqueate verb: to grab; seize, or catch. Also the past participle of illaqueate.

Verb

illaqueate (third-person singular simple present illaqueates, present participle illaqueating, simple past and past participle illaqueated)

  1. (archaic) To grab; seize, or catch.
    • Let not the surpassing eloquence of Taylor dazzle you, nor his scholastic retiary versatility of logic illaqueate your good sense.c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Jeremy Taylor

Also used as

illaqueate is also the past participle of illaqueate.

Forms of illaqueate

third-person singular presentillaqueates
present participleillaqueating
past participleillaqueated
pastillaqueated

Origin of illaqueate

First attested in 1548; borrowed from Latin illaqueātus, perfect passive participle of illaqueō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + laqueō (“to insnare”), from laqueus (“a noose, snare”).

Questions about illaqueate

What does illaqueate mean?
Illaqueate means to grab; seize, or catch.
What part of speech is illaqueate?
Illaqueate is a verb.
What is the past tense of illaqueate?
The past tense of illaqueate is illaqueated.

Words near illaqueate in the dictionary

  1. illapse
  2. illapsed
  3. illapses
  4. illapsing
  5. illaqueable
  6. illaqueate
  7. illaqueated
  8. illaqueates
  9. illaqueating
  10. illaqueation
  11. illaqueations

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