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† ˈcauponate, v. Obs.
[f. L. caupōnāt- ppl. stem of caupōnāri to traffic or trade in, f. caupōnem retail tradesman, huckster, innkeeper.]
1. intr. To sell liquor or victuals, keep a victualling-house.
1656in Blount Glossogr.; 1721 in Bailey; 1755 in Johnson; and in mod. Dicts.
2. trans. To deal like a huckster with; to traffic in for the sake of gain. fig. [so L. caupōnāri.]
1653Gauden Hierasp. 195 By cauponating Religion, and handling the Scriptures deceitfully. 1656Blount Glossogr. s.v., To cauponate a war, to make war for money. 1715Bentley Serm. x. 360 All the Privileges of the gospel truck'd and cauponated by Popery. |