obsequiate
verb/əbˈsiː.kwi.eɪt/
Etymology
From obsequi(ous) + -ate.
- derived from obsequiōsus
- inherited from obsequyous
Definitions
To be obsequious to (someone).
- Pope of Rome, being in an awful jolly humor, got off a joke. Some fine ladies went to obsequiate him, and carried a little girl along with them.
- “I am Potelin, Your Majesty’s Giwe of London, obsequiating Your Majesty:” says the bestial apostate.
- [I]n the theatrical function to which he had given his presence, I had merited in an imposing manner the homage which the respectable obsequiated me, and for this he most charmingly regaled me with an imposing coloured gum.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA