basiate

[bey-see-eyt]

verb (used with or without object)

Obsolete.

basiated, basiating 

1. to kiss.

Other Word Forms

• basiation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of basiate¹

1615–25; < Latin bāsiātus (past participle of bāsiāre ), equivalent to bāsi ( um ) a kiss + -ātus -ate ¹