salivate

Verb
Synonyms: drool

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. produce saliva“We salivated when he described the great meal”
  2. be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something“She was salivating over the raise she anticipated”Synonyms: drool
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Salivate \Sal"i*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Salivated; p. pr. & vb. n. Salivating.] [L. salivatus, p. p. of salivare to salivate. See Saliva.] To produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce salivation or ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury. [1913 Webster]
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