Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To mix (food) with saliva in chewing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To salivate, or mix with the saliva, as food.
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Examples
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"Thoroughly masticate and insalivate all your food."
Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency R. L. Alsaker
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Remember that if milk is not taken with great deliberation, and great care given to _thoroughly insalivate each sip, then it amounts to the same thing as eating solid food.
Appendicitis John Henry Tilden 1895
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