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inescating

inescating is the present participle and gerund of inescate.

Meaning of inescate

Verb

inescate (third-person singular simple present inescates, present participle inescating, simple past and past participle inescated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To allure; to lay a bait for.
    • Many such pranks are played by our Jesuits, sometimes in their own habits, sometimes in others, – to inescate and beguile young women.1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy

Questions about inescating

What is inescating the present participle and gerund of?
Inescating is the present participle and gerund of inescate.

Words near inescating in the dictionary

  1. inescapably
  2. inescapeable
  3. inescate
  4. inescated
  5. inescates
  6. inescating
  7. inescation
  8. inescations
  9. inesculent
  10. inescutcheon
  11. inescutcheoned

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