Definitions for salivate

salivate sal·i·vate

Spelling: [sal-uh-veyt]
IPA: /ˈsæl əˌveɪt/

Salivate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 348 anagrams from letters in salivate (aaeilstv).

Definitions for salivate

verb (used with object)

  1. to produce an excessive secretion of saliva in, as by mercurial poisoning.

verb (used without object)

  1. to produce saliva.

Origin of salivate

1650-60; Latin salīvātus (past participle of salīvāre to cause to salivate); see saliva, -ate1

Examples for salivate

My Life and Living History hit the perfect intersection of news and gossip, and people who salivate for both bought those books.

It has been known thus to salivate cattle, but the danger of injury to them from this source is slight.

Put a grain of calomel in the Delaware Bay, and salivate a man with a drop of the water!

The calomel was nearly sure to salivate the patient and cost him some of his teeth.

Now let's get at the guys on the other side and salivate them!

Word Value for salivate
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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