Meanings
verbinsidiate (third-person singular simple present insidiates, present participle insidiating, simple past and past participle insidiated)
present singular third person insidiates · participle present insidiating · participle past insidiated · past insidiated
- obsoletetransitiveTo lie in ambush for.
he afterwards long sought all advantages how to insidiate his life
1641, Thomas Heywood, The Life of Merlin […]
Origin
- Latininsidiatus
- Englishinsidiate
From Latin insidiatus, past participle of insidiare (“to lie in ambush”), from insidiae. See insidious.
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insidiate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insidiate
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insidiate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insidiate.
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