oscitate

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin ōscitātus, perfect passive participle of ōscitō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ōs (“the mouth”) + citō (“to cause to move”). === Verb === oscitate (third-person singular simple present oscitates, present participle oscitating, simple past and past participle oscitated) (archaic) To gape or yawn. ==== Related terms ==== oscitation === References === “oscitate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === ascot tie == Latin == === Participle === oscitāte vocative masculine singular of oscitātus