illaqueate

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English

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Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. (archaic) To grab; seize, or catch.
    • c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Jeremy Taylor
      Let not the surpassing eloquence of Taylor dazzle you, nor his scholastic retiary versatility of logic illaqueate your good sense.

References

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illaqueate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

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Verb

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illaqueāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of illaqueō