2 entries under this word

Nauseate

Nau'se-āte, v. i.

verbintransitive

(naw'she-āt), v. i. [Lat. nauseare, nauseatum, from nausea, q. v.; It. nauseare, Sp. nausear.] To become squeamish; to feel disgust; to be inclined to reject from the stomach.

Nau'se-āte, v. t.

verbtransitive

(naw'she-āt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. NAUSEATED; p. pr. & vb. n. NAUSEATING.]

Sense 1. To affect with nausea; to sicken; to cause to feel loathing or disgust.

Sense 2. To reject with disgust; to loathe.

The patient nauseates and loathes wholesome foods. Blackmore.

Old age, with silent pace, comes creeping on, Nauseates the praise which in her youth she won. Dryden.