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Illaqueate

Illaqueate \Il*la"que*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illaqueated; p. pr. & vb. n. Illaqueating.] [L. illaqueatus, p. p. of illaqueare; pref. il- in + laqueare to insnare, fr. laqueus, noose, snare.] To insnare; to entrap; to entangle; to catch.

Let not the surpassing eloquence of Taylor dazzle you, nor his scholastic retiary versatility of logic illaqueate your good sense.
--Coleridge.

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illaqueate

vb. To ensnare or entrap; to entangle; to catch.

Usage examples of "illaqueate".

The black stone of the walles was ingrauen with a leafe worke, as if it had beene an illaqueated composition of leaues and flowers, and the little shelles of cytheriaces, so beautifull to the eye, as was possible to be deuised.