suaviate

English

Etymology

From Latin suavior (“I kiss”).

Verb

suaviate (third-person singular simple present suaviates, present participle suaviating, simple past and past participle suaviated)

1. (obsolete) To kiss.
   • 1650, John Trapp, A Clavis to the Bible:

     And now, what joy will there be, to see them and suaviate them, for whose sake he shed his most precious blood; through which they may safely sail into the bosom of the Father!

See also

• suaviation

Latin

Participle

suāviāte

1. vocative masculine singular of suāviātus