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sagaciate, v. U.S. dial.|səˈgeɪʃɪeɪt, -ˈæʃuː-|
Also segashuate, etc.
[App. jocularly f. sagacious a. + -ate3.]
a. intr. To thrive or prosper. (Freq. used when inquiring after one's health.)
1832Boston Transcript 2 Aug. 2/3 Well, Clem, how do you sagatiate dis lubly wedder? 1842Literary Gaz. 1 Jan. 6/3 How does your copperosity sagaciate this morning? 1880J. C. Harris Uncle Remus ii. 24 ‘How duz yo' sym'tums seem ter segashuate?’ sez Brer Rabbit, sezee. 1890, etc. [see corporosity]. 1906Dialect Notes III. 154 How are you sagashawatin'? 1976K. Bonfiglioli Something Nasty in Woodshed xi. 131 My symptoms started to sagashuate again but Jock blocked my every move to slink back into bed.
b. nonce-uses.
1904A. Morrison Green Eye of Goona v. 181 The police sagaciate that Pooley must ha' gone straight to London. 1909‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xxii. 366, I sagatiated in your associations once, if I am not mistaken. |