inescation

English

Etymology

Latin inescatio.

Noun

inescation (usually uncountable, plural inescations)

1. (obsolete) The act of baiting; allurement.
   • 1671, Henry Hallywell, A Discourse of the Excellency of Christianity:

     the Soul is enamour'd with these fading Beauties , and ensoared by the powerful Inescations of Sense

References

• “inescation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• aconitines, insonicate