illaqueate

English

Etymology

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

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.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for illaqueate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Verb

illaqueāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of illaqueō
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