illaqueate

English

Etymology

From Latin illaqueatus, past participle of illaqueare; prefix il- (“in”) + laqueare (“to insnare”), from laqueus (“noose, snare”).

Verb

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

1. (archaic) 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.

References

“illaqueate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

illaqueāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of illaqueō