v. [f. L. absinthi-um + -ATE3.] To impregnate with wormwood.
1863[?]. Ann W. Wood, Verses and Translations, 40.
| Drops absinthiate blend | |
| With the sweet draught he, scantly, may obtain. |
1919. Harvard Lampoon, LXXVI. 24 Jan., 234.
| Leave Prohibitionists their canvassing | |
| In Paris one can rest absinthiate, | |
| And sit upon the sidewalk pondering | |
| Why every cobblestone seems animate | |
| And every window pane articulate. |
