单词 | insalivate |
释义 | insalivatev. 1. transitive. To mix or impregnate (food) with saliva. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > chew > mix with saliva insalivate1864 1864 A. Bain Senses & Intellect (ed. 2) i. iv. 298 We may have a profuse salivation, containing very little of the material that avails for insalivating the food. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 401 Food..should be thoroughly masticated and insalivated before it is swallowed. 2. To moisten with saliva. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > make slightly wet [verb (transitive)] > with saliva insalivate1884 1884 Fortn. Rev. Dec. 807 After experimenting by insalivating fresh subjects..in no single instance was the disease transmitted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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