† embaitv.
Obsolete.
a. ? To attract by a bait; also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)]
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1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Eiiij Such geare, As will embaite our Cesars eye.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Adescaménto, an embaiting. Adescáre, to embait.
b. To feed, glut (one's malice).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be content or satisfied with [verb (transitive)] > content or satisfy > a desire or appetite
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c1620 T. Robinson Mary Magdalene (1899) i. lxii. 531 The Crocodile can sorrowe to ye sight, And vnder sighes embaite his venom'd spight.
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