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▪ I. † ˈsalivate, a. Obs. rare—1.
[f. saliva + -ate2.]
= salivary 1.
1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 181 It [sc. the gargle]..helps..the laxity of the salivate Glands.
▪ II. salivate, v.|ˈsælɪveɪt|
[f. L. salīvāt-, ppl. stem of L. salīvāre, f. salīva saliva.]
1. trans. To produce an unusual secretion of saliva in (a person), generally by the use of mercury; to produce ptyalism in.
1669Phil. Trans. IV. 1050, I designe to salivate her, in hopes to correct that vitious ferment. 1720Becket ibid. XXXI. 109 Any Proof..that Persons had been Salivated in their Leprosy. 1827J. W. Croker in C. Papers 7 Aug. (1884) I. 380 He gave Mr. C[anning] so much [mercury] that he actually salivated him. 1879Khory Princ. Med. 4 Quinine salivates a few.
absol.1708J. Keill Anim. Secretion 63 Why does Mercury salivate, or Nitre force Urine? 1845P. M. Latham Lect. Clin. Med. I. xiii. 266 Even within this time mercury must be made to salivate, if mercury is made to cure.
2. intr.
a. To secrete or discharge saliva.
b. To secrete saliva in excess under the influence of sialagogues.
1681tr. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks. Vocab., Salivate, to spit. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), To Salivate, to gather or make Spittle. 1725Huxham in Phil. Trans. XXXIII. 381 Two adult Persons,..who neither salivated, nor purged, except when some lenient Catharticks were given them. 1737Bracken Farriery Impr. (1749) 152 Horses easilier salivate than Men. 1829R. Christison Treat. Poisons xiii. (1832) 369 She immediately began to complain of soreness of the mouth, salivated profusely, and even put on the expression of countenance of a salivating person. 1832Blackw. Mag. XXXI. 843 He [sc. an American] salivates for some threescore years,..and is gathered to his fathers, to spit no more.
c. fig. To display one's relish at some prospect or anticipated event, to ‘lick one's lips’.
1970Guardian 11 May 10/3 On May 1, the American military were delighted to be unleashed into the Cambodian sanctuaries. One officer said of his colleagues: ‘They've been salivating at the prospect of this for months.’ 1977Times 1 Nov. 14/6 The double LP set has sold two million copies in America. Pye, who are marketing the records in Britain, are salivating at the sales prospects.
Hence ˈsalivating vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1657G. Starkey Helmont's Vind. 101 As the Devil is fabled not able to hide his cloven foot, so Mercury will still be betraying its..salivating quality. 1676Wiseman Chirurg. Treat., Lues Ven. 8 The methods of Salivating are divers, but all by Mercury. 1694Salmon Bate's Dispens. 513/2 It is more gentle than Turpethum Minerale, or any other salivating Precipitate. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Salivation, A..French Physician, M. Chicoyneau,..has lately done some Discredit to the Practice of Salivating. 1829[see 2 above]. |