Dictionary entry

Salivate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sal″i‐vate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Salivated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Salivating.] [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.