Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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)

Conjugation

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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adēscāre

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