basiate
American
[bey-see-eyt]
/ ˈbeɪ siˌeɪt /
verb (used with or without object)
Obsolete.
basiated,
basiating
Other Word Forms
- basiation noun
Etymology
Origin of basiate
1615–25; < Latin bāsiātus (past participle of bāsiāre ), equivalent to bāsi ( um ) a kiss + -ātus -ate 1
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