inhiate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To open the jaws; to gape.

Pronunciation

ĭn′hī-āt /ˈɪn.haɪ̯.eɪ̯t/ /ˈɪn.hʌɪ̯.eɪ̯t/ /ˈɪn.hɑe̯.æɪ̯t/ /ˈən.hɑe̯.æɪ̯t/ /ˈɪn.haɪ̯.et/ /ˈɪn.həj.eːʈ/ /ˈɪn.hɑːj.eːʈ/

Word forms

inhiate inhiates inhiating inhiated

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin inhiō, inhiāre, inhiāvī, inhiātum. First attested in 1542. By surface analysis, in- + hiate.

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