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English
Etymology
From Latin insidiatus, past participle of insidiare (“to lie in ambush”), from insidiae. See insidious.
Verb
insidiate (third-person singular simple present insidiates, present participle insidiating, simple past and past participle insidiated)
- (transitive, obsolete) To lie in ambush for.
1641, Thomas Heywood, The Life of Merlin :he afterwards long sought all advantages how to insidiate his life
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Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
insidiate
- inflection of insidiare:
- second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
insidiate f pl
- feminine plural of insidiato
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Latin
Verb
īnsidiāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of īnsidiō
Spanish
Verb
insidiate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of insidiar combined with te