sifflicate
sifflicate verb: to supplicate, petition, importune, or wheedle.
Verb
sifflicate (third-person singular simple present sifflicates, present participle sifflicating, simple past and past participle sifflicated)
- To supplicate, petition, importune, or wheedle
- To be sure! This will do! I shall be fain to think a summut of ee, now you can flamgudgin 'em a thisn. I did'nt a think it was innee. Why you will become a son of my own begettin. I write to tellee the good news, and that ee mightn't a kick down the milk. You have a sifflicated Sir Arthur. I could...1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives. a Novel
- ...the citizen, remembering with some resentment the airs of equality which Richie had assumed towards him in the commencement of the scene which had just taken place, could not forbear to retaliate, by congratulating him with an ironical smile on his favour at Court, and his improved grace in...1822, Walter Scott, The fortunes of Nigel
- To criticise
- Your noble onnur knows that I'm a be apt to let my tongue mag a little, when my wits be a set a gaddin; and whereupon the case is as witch your noble onnur was pleased to sifflicate me upon, in your last rite onnurable and mercifool letter.1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives. a Novel
- To suggest
- Madam Clifton wonnot a budge a finger, to the signin and sealin of her gratification of applause, whereby as if so be as that the kole a be not a forth cummin, down on the nail head. And where now might Timothy Tipkin sifflicate that it may behappen to be for to come from? Pummel thy pumkin, and a...1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives. a Novel
Examples of sifflicate in a sentence
- I could a told ee afore that you had a sifflicated Missee.1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives. a Novel:
- And where now might Timothy Tipkin sifflicate that it may behappen to be for to come from?1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives. a Novel:
Forms of sifflicate
| third-person singular present | sifflicates |
|---|---|
| present participle | sifflicating |
| past participle | sifflicated |
| past | sifflicated |
Origin of sifflicate
. Compare with spiflicate.
Questions about sifflicate
- What does sifflicate mean?
- Sifflicate means to supplicate, petition, importune, or wheedle.
- How do you use sifflicate in a sentence?
- I could a told ee afore that you had a sifflicated Missee.
- What part of speech is sifflicate?
- Sifflicate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of sifflicate?
- The past tense of sifflicate is sifflicated.
Words near sifflicate in the dictionary
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