delectate

First attested in 1647; borrowed from Latin dēlectātus, perfect passive participle of dēlectō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

delectate (third-person singular simple present delectates, present participle delectating, simple past and past participle delectated)

1. (transitive, now rare) To delight, to charm, to bring pleasure to.
2. (intransitive, now rare) To take delight in, to take pleasure in.

• “delectate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “delectate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

dēlectāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēlectō

dēlectāte

1. vocative masculine singular of dēlectātus