English Explanatory Dictionary

illaqueate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To grab; seize, or catch.
  2. past participle of illaqueate

Word forms

illaqueate illaqueates illaqueating illaqueated

Etymology

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”).

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