insalivate

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verb

To mix with saliva, as when eating.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

verbinsalivate (third-person singular simple present insalivates, present participle insalivating, simple past and past participle insalivated)

present singular third person insalivates · participle present insalivating · participle past insalivated · past insalivated

  1. transitiveTo mix with saliva, as when eating.

    The results of insalivating milk are very suggestive that saliva has a bactericidal or anti-putrefactive function.

    1913, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, volume 6, page 281

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