inescate

verb

1. To allure; to lay a bait for.

   obsolete, transitive

   Many such pranks are played by our Jesuits, sometimes in their own habits, sometimes in others, – to inescate and beguile young women.

Where it comes from

First attested in 1602; borrowed from Latin inēscātus, perfect passive participle of inēscō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + ēsca (“a bait”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry inescate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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