adescare

Meaning

(transitive) to bait (fish, birds)
(transitive) to lure, to entice
(transitive) to hook, to solicit (a john) (in reference to prostitution)
(transitive) to attract (insects) (of a flower, etc.)
(transitive) to prime (a pump)
(transitive) to strike (an electric arc)

Frequency

Hyphenated as

a‧de‧scà‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.desˈka.re/

From Latin adēscāre (“to feed, fatten”), from ad + ēsca (“food”).

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