Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin adēscāre (to feed, fatten), from ad + ēsca (food).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /a.deˈska.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: a‧de‧scà‧re

Verb edit

adescàre (first-person singular present adésco, first-person singular past historic adescài, past participle adescàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to bait (fish, birds)
  2. (transitive) to lure, to entice
  3. (transitive) to hook, to solicit (a john) (in reference to prostitution)
  4. (transitive, botany) to attract (insects) (of a flower, etc.)
  5. (transitive) to prime (a pump)
  6. (transitive) to strike (an electric arc)

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Latin edit

Verb edit

adēscāre

  1. inflection of adēscō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative