inescation

English

Etymology

Latin inescatio.

Noun

inescation (usually uncountable, plural inescations)

(obsolete) The act of baiting; allurement.
- 1671, Henry Hallywell, A Discourse of the Excellency of Christianity:
  the Soul is enamour'd with these fading Beauties , and ensoared by the powerful Inescations of Sense

References

“inescation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

aconitines, insonicate

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