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Webster 1913 Edition


Inviscate

In-vis′cate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Inviscated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Inviscating
.]
[L.
inviscatus
, p. p. of
inviscare
to birdlime; pref.
in-
in +
viscum
,
viscus
, the mistletoe, birdlime.]
To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inviscate

INVISC'ATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. in and viscus, glue, birdlime.]
1.
To lime; to daub with glue.
2.
To catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


inviscate

inviscate

English

Verb

inviscate (third-person singular simple present inviscates, present participle inviscating, simple past and past participle inviscated)

  1. To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.
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