insidiate

English

Etymology

From Latin insidiatus, past participle of insidiare (“to lie in ambush”), from insidiae. See insidious.

Verb

insidiate (third-person singular simple present insidiates, present participle insidiating, simple past and past participle insidiated)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To lie in ambush for.
   • 1641, Thomas Heywood, The Life of Merlin […] :

     he afterwards long sought all advantages how to insidiate his life

References

• “insidiate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• adinities

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

insidiate

1. inflection of insidiare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

insidiate f pl

1. feminine plural of insidiato

Anagrams

• insediati

Latin

Verb

īnsidiāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of īnsidiō

Spanish

Verb

insidiate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of insidiar combined with te