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salivate

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sal⋅i⋅vate

  [sal-uh-veyt] verb, -vat⋅ed, -vat⋅ing.
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–verb (used without object)
1. to produce saliva.
–verb (used with object)
2. to produce an excessive secretion of saliva in, as by mercurial poisoning.
Origin:
1650–60; < L salīvātus (ptp. of salīvāre to cause to salivate); see saliva, -ate 1
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sal·i·vate   (sāl'ə-vāt')   
v.   sal·i·vat·ed, sal·i·vat·ing, sal·i·vates

v.   intr.

  1. To secrete or produce saliva.

  2. Informal To be full of desire or eagerness for something: salivated at the idea of winning the lottery.

v.   tr.
To produce excessive salivation in.

[Latin salīvāre, salīvāt-, from salīva, saliva.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sal·i·vate
Pronunciation: 'sal-&-"vAt
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -vat·ed; -vat·ing
transitivesenses
: to produce an abnormal flow of saliva in (as by the use of mercury)salivate intransitive senses
: to have a flow of saliva especially in excess
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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salivate sal·i·vate (sāl'ə-vāt')
v. sal·i·vat·ed, sal·i·vat·ing, sal·i·vates

  1. To secrete or produce saliva.

  2. To produce excessive salivation in.

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