inescate

English

Etymology

From Latin inescatus, past participle of inescare, from in- (“in”) + esca (“bait”).

Verb

inescate (third-person singular simple present inescates, present participle inescating, simple past and past participle inescated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To allure; to lay a bait for.
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy
      Many such pranks are played by our Jesuits, sometimes in their own habits, sometimes in others, – to inescate and beguile young women.

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