sagaciatev.
/səˈɡeɪʃɪeɪt/ U.S. dialect.
a. intransitive. To thrive or prosper. (Frequently used when inquiring after one's health.)
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)]
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i-thee971
bloomc1175
flower?c1225
soundfula1300
fructifya1325
timea1325
to bear the bloom1330
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prosperc1350
thrive?a1366
blossom1377
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avail1523
fadge1573
to bear a great, high or lofty sail1587
blow1610
to be (also stand) in state1638
fatten1638
sagaciate1832
to be going strong1855
1832 Boston Transcript 2 Aug. 2/3 Well, Clem, how do you sagatiate dis lubly wedder?
1842 Lit. Gaz. 1 Jan. 6/3 How does your copperosity sagaciate this morning?
1880 J. C. Harris Uncle Remus: Songs & Sayings ii. 24 ‘How duz yo' sym'tums seem ter segashuate?’ sez Brer Rabbit, sezee.
1890 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 3 64 How does your corporosity sagatiate?
1906 Dial. Notes 3 154 How are you sagashawatin'?
1976 K. 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.
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1904 A. 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.
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