ILLAQUEATE

Etymology

Verb

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

To ensnare or entrap; to entangle; to catch.

Source: Wiktionary


Il*la"que*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illaqueated; p. pr. & vb. n. Illaqueating.] Etym: [L. illaqueatus, p.p. of illaqueare; pref. il- in + laqueare to insnare, fr. laqueus, noose, snare.]

Definition: To insnare; to entrap; to entangle; to catch. Let not the surpassing eloquence of Taylor dazzle you, nor his scholastic retairy versatility of logic illaqueate your good sense. Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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