SALIVATE

salivate

(verb) produce saliva; “We salivated when he described the great meal”

salivate, drool

(verb) be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something; “She was salivating over the raise she anticipated”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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

(intransitive) To produce saliva.

(intransitive) To show eager anticipation at the expectation of something.

Anagrams

• aestival, availest, æstival

Source: Wiktionary


Sal"i*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Salivated; p. pr. & vb. n. Salivating.] Etym: [L. salivatus, p.p. of salivare to salivate. See Saliva.]

Definition: To produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce salivation or ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury. over.; as, salivate over the prospects of high profits from an enterprise.

Note: Probably influenced by the experiments of Pavlov, who trained dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell, by previously ringing the bell immediately prior to feeding them.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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