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Definition of Saginate
1. v. t. To make fat; to pamper.
Definition of Saginate
1. Verb. (archaic) to fatten ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Saginate
1. to fatten [v SAGINATED, SAGINATING, SAGINATES] - See also: fatten
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saginate
Literary usage of Saginate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To glut ; to £11 with food ; to saginate ; to feed luxuriously. PAMPHLET, (pam'-flet)
n.». A small book ; properly a book sold unbound, and only stitched. ..."
2. A complete dictionary of the English languageby Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1797)
"... a man oí gravity and wif- dom. SAGE, (a'dzh. a. Wife, grave, prudent. prudently.
S .AGEN ESS, ß'dzh-nb. f. G: v. v,, prudence. To saginate ..."
3. Secret History of the Court of James the First by Walter Scott (1811)
"... who making use of humane blood for their drink, do saginate and fatten themselves
with the superfluous variety of meats, to whose natural satisfaction ..."
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