"oscitate" meaning in English

See oscitate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: oscitates [present, singular, third-person], oscitating [participle, present], oscitated [participle, past], oscitated [past]
Etymology: From Latin oscitare, from os (“the mouth”) + citare, v. intens. from ciere (“to move”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|oscitare}} Latin oscitare Head templates: {{en-verb}} oscitate (third-person singular simple present oscitates, present participle oscitating, simple past and past participle oscitated)
  1. (archaic) To gape or yawn. Tags: archaic Related terms: oscitation
    Sense id: en-oscitate-en-verb-WFMWHWLX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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