illaqueate

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verb

To grab; seize, or catch.

“c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Jeremy Taylor Let not the surpassing eloquence of Taylor dazzle you, nor his scholastic retiary versatility of logic illaqueate your good sense.”

OriginLatin illaqueātus →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person illaqueates · participle present illaqueating · participle past illaqueated · past illaqueated

  1. archaicTo grab; seize, or catch.

    c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Jeremy Taylor Let not the surpassing eloquence of Taylor dazzle you, nor his scholastic retiary versatility of logic illaqueate your good sense.

  2. obsoleteparticiplepastpast participle of illaqueate

Origin

  1. Latinillaqueātus
  2. Englishillaqueate

First attested in 1548; borrowed from Latin illaqueātus, perfect passive participle of illaqueō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + laqueō (“to insnare”), from laqueus (“a noose, snare”).

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illaqueate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/illaqueate

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“illaqueate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/illaqueate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “illaqueate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/illaqueate.

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