Category:Salivate

Sal"i*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Salivated; p. pr. & vb. n. Salivating.] Etym: [l. salivatus, p.p. of salivare to salivate. See Saliva.]

Defn: to produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce salivation Or ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury. over.; as, salivate over The prospects of high profits from an enterprise.

Note: probably influenced by the experiments of pavlov, who trained Dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell, by previously ringing the Bell immediately prior to feeding them.