"inviscate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: inviscates [present, singular, third-person], inviscating [participle, present], inviscated [participle, past], inviscated [past]
Etymology: From Latin inviscatus, past participle of inviscare (“to birdlime”), from in- (“in”) + viscum, viscus (“mistletoe, birdlime”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|inviscatus}} Latin inviscatus Head templates: {{en-verb}} inviscate (third-person singular simple present inviscates, present participle inviscating, simple past and past participle inviscated)
  1. (transitive, archaic) To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-inviscate-en-verb-58FtFV9- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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