Where does inescate come from?

First known use: First attested in 1602.

inescate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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To allure; to lay a bait for.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

"Many such pranks are played by our Jesuits, sometimes in their own habits, sometimes in others, – to inescate and beguile young women."

First attested in 1602; borrowed from Latin inēscātus, perfect passive participle of inēscō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + ēsca (“a bait”).

inescates (present, singular) inescating (participle, present) inescated (participle, past) inescated (past)

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