English Explanatory Dictionary

inescate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To allure; to lay a bait for.

Word forms

inescate inescates inescating inescated

Etymology

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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