In-sīd′i-āte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [Lat. insidiāre, insidiātum, from insidiæ, an ambush, from insidere, to lie in wait, from prefix in and sedere, to sit; It. insidiare, Sp. insidiar.] To lie in ambush for. [Obs.] Heywood.