adescare
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin adēscāre (“to feed, fatten”), from ad + ēsca (“food”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]adescàre (first-person singular present adésco, first-person singular past historic adescài, past participle adescàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to bait (fish, birds)
- (transitive) to lure, to entice
- (transitive) to hook, to solicit (a john) (in reference to prostitution)
- (transitive, botany) to attract (insects) (of a flower, etc.)
- (transitive) to prime (a pump)
- (transitive) to strike (an electric arc)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of adescàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
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[edit]Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]adēscāre
- inflection of adēscō:
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- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/are
- Rhymes:Italian/are/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
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- Italian verbs ending in -are
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian transitive verbs
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