adescare

== Italian == === Etymology === From Latin adēscāre (“to feed, fatten”), from ad + ēsca (“food”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.desˈka.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: a‧de‧scà‧re === Verb === adescàre (first-person singular present adésco, first-person singular past historic adescài, past participle adescàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive) to bait (fish, birds) (transitive) to lure, to entice (transitive) to hook, to solicit (a john) (in reference to prostitution) (transitive, botany) to attract (insects) (of a flower, etc.) (transitive) to prime (a pump) (transitive) to strike (an electric arc) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== adescabile adescamento adescatore adescatrice === Anagrams === dare esca == Latin == === Verb === adēscāre inflection of adēscō: present active infinitive second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative