salivate

From Latin salivatus, past participle of salivare (“to spit out, also salivate”), from saliva (“spittle”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsælɪveɪt/

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salivate (third-person singular simple present salivates, present participle salivating, simple past and past participle salivated)

1. (intransitive) To produce saliva.
2. (intransitive) To show eager anticipation at the expectation of something.

   He's been salivating over the latest model sports car for a while now.

• saliva
• salivary
• salivation

• drool

• salivate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• salivate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• salivate at OneLook Dictionary Search

• aestival, availest, æstival

salivate

1. second-person plural imperfect of salire
2. second-person plural present of salivare
3. second-person plural imperative of salivare

• esaltavi, lisavate, salviate

salīvāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of salīvō