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Definition of Oscitate
1. v. i. To gape; to yawn.
Definition of Oscitate
1. Verb. To gape; to yawn. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oscitate
1. to yawn [v OSCITATED, OSCITATING, OSCITATES] - See also: yawn
Medical Definition of Oscitate
1. To yawn; to gape. Origin: L. Oscito, fr. Os, mouth, + cieo, to put in motion (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oscitate
Literary usage of Oscitate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monthly Review (1821)
"... have been swelled to a considerable bulk, had he not had the prudence to stop
in time, and just before his reader would have felt disposed to oscitate ! ..."
2. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor, John James Reese (1873)
"... »s an objection to the medical evidence derived from the buoyancy of the lungs,
that the prisoner had inflated them in order to re- 'oscitate her child. ..."
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