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Webster 1913 Edition

Illaqueate

Il-la′que-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Illaqueated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Illaqueating
.]
[L.
illaqueatus
, p. p. of
illaqueare
; pref.
il-
in +
laqueare
to insnare, fr.
laqueus
, noose, snare.]
To insnare; to entrap; to entangle; to catch.
Let not the surpassing eloquence of Taylor dazzle you, nor his scholastic retiary versatility of logic
illaqueate
your good sense.
Coleridge.

Webster 1828 Edition

Illaqueate

ILLAQ'UEATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. illaqueo; in and laqueo, to ensnare; laquens, a snare.] To ensnare; to entrap; to entangle; to catch. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

illaqueate

illaqueate

English

Verb

illaqueate ‎(third-person singular simple present illaqueates, present participle illaqueating, simple past and past participle illaqueated)

  1. To ensnare or entrap; to entangle; to catch.
    • Coleridge
      Let not the surpassing eloquence of Taylor dazzle you, nor his scholastic retiary versatility of logic illaqueate your good sense.

Latin

Verb

illaqueāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of illaqueō

Etymology

From Latin illaqueatus, past participle of illaqueare; prefix il- ‎(“in”) + laqueare ‎(“to insnare”), from laqueus ‎(“noose, snare”).

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