Obs. Also 5–6 -at. [ad. L. suffōcātus, pa. pple. of suffōcāre (see next).]
1. Suffocated by deprivation of air.
1460. Capgrave, Chron. (Rolls), 267. In whech first day tha duke of Gloucetir was suffocat at Caleys.
1555. Eden, Decades (Arb.), 152. The moonkey … helde hym so fast aboute the throte, that he was suffocate.
1593. Shaks., 2 Hen. VI., I. i. 124. For Suffolkes Duke, may he be suffocate.
1632. Lithgow, Trav., IV. 148. Pilgrimes were often suffocate to death.
2. Smothered, overwhelmed.
1471. Ripley, Comp. Alch., I. xii. in Ashm. (1652), 132. In mynd … bare thys, That never thyne Erth wyth Water be suffocate.
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 48. The wedes had suffocat and destroyed his corne.
1584. Cogan, Haven Health, ccxiv. (1636), 229. In a cold stomack the little heat is suffocate with grosse meate.
1606. Shaks., Tr. & Cr., I. iii. 125. This Chaos, when Degree is suffocate, Followes the choaking.
