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