insidiate
English
Etymology
From Latin insidiatus, past participle of insidiare (“to lie in ambush”), from insidiae. See insidious.
Verb
insidiate (third-person singular simple present insidiates, present participle insidiating, simple past and past participle insidiated)
- (transitive, obsolete) To lie in ambush for.
- 1641, Thomas Heywood, The Life of Merlin […] :
- he afterwards long sought all advantages how to insidiate his life
References
- “insidiate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
insidiate
- inflection of insidiare:
- second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
insidiate f pl
- feminine plural of insidiato
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
īnsidiāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of īnsidiō
Spanish
Verb
insidiate