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salivant | salivary | salivary calculus | salivary duct | salivary gland | salivate | salivation | salivous | salix | salix alba | salix alba caerulea

salivate

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Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
 : 
sal=i=vate

CIDE DICTIONARY

salivatev. t. [L. salivatus, p. p. of salivare to salivate. See Saliva.].
     To produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce salivation or ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury.  [1913 Webster]
    "Probably influenced by the experiments of Pavlov, who trained dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell, by previously ringing the bell immediately prior to feeding them."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

salivate, v.
1 intr. secrete or discharge saliva esp. in excess or in greedy anticipation.
2 tr. produce an unusual secretion of saliva in (a person) usu. with mercury.

Derivative
salivation n.
Etymology
L salivare (as SALIVA)

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