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salivate

[ sal-uh-veyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

, sal·i·vat·ed, sal·i·vat·ing.

, sal·i·vat·ed, sal·i·vat·ing.

salivate

/ ˈsælɪˌveɪt /

intr to secrete saliva, esp an excessive amount
tr to cause (a laboratory animal, etc) to produce saliva, as by the administration of mercury

1650–60; < Latin salīvātus (past participle of salīvāre to cause to salivate); saliva, -ate ¹

My Life and Living History hit the perfect intersection of news and gossip, and people who salivate for both bought those books.

But my parents also left me with a dearth of hobbies that make admissions committees salivate.

What is it about celebrities that makes otherwise sensible journalists salivate and tilt at windmills?

I would salivate, literally, at his stories of hunting the lawless lands of Europe.

Thoroughly masticate the food, and well salivate it before swallowing.

Hit's too much de work er yo' j'ints ter make me b'lieve hit's gwine ter salivate yo' soul.

Doctor Cooke's only fear in his heroic use of calomel was that it would salivate.

It has been known thus to salivate cattle, but the danger of injury to them from this source is slight.

The boys will certain salivate him, asserted the guard, as the men were rising and approaching the fire.

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