See Also: illaqueate(dictionary)

exhalation (iou) and illaqueate (iou)


exhalation (iou)



exhalation noun. LME.
[Latin exhalatio(n-), from exhalat- pa. ppl stem of exhalare EXHALE verb1: see -ATION.]
1. The action or an act of exhaling. LME.
2. sing. & in pl. Something which is exhaled; a mist, a vapour; an effluvium, a scent. LME.
S. O'Faolain The damp..rose in curling exhalations from the pavements.
3. A body of (usu. ignited) vapour; a meteor. arch. M16.
4. Geology. An emission of volcanic or magmatic gases into the atmosphere. E20.
exhalative adjective pertaining to exhalation L16.
exhalatory adjective exhalative E19.

illaqueate (iou)



illaqueate verb trans. Now rare. M16.
[Latin illaqueat- pa. ppl stem of illaqueare, formed as IL-1 + laqueare to snare, from laqueus noose, snare: see -ATE3.]
Catch (as) in a noose; ensnare, entrap.
illaqueable adjective (rare) able to be ensnared L17.