bait
noun
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
has baited
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present perfectof bait (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He has made a habit of breaking up passes while covering speedsters Tyreek Hill and Sammy Watkins, and more than once he has baited Patrick Mahomes into an interception.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2019
Now that Stewart has baited Trump by the mere mention of his name, will the real estate mogul engage?
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2014
She has baited me this many a day, even as a bear is baited, to send for Dr. Kerr.
From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by H. Wragg
He has baited his hook with the figs and gold, and is sitting on the parapet dangling it over the city.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 by F. G. (Francis George) Fowler
But it must be remembered that each entomologist has a moral right to a run he has baited, and that it is considered ungentlemanly, if not unjust, to take insects from sugar laid by another.
From Butterflies and Moths (British) by William S. Furneaux
