bait (v.) Copy link Outline I. To apply a baitII. To furnish animals with food on a journey. Phr.III. To attack an animal with dogs, usu. for amusement • bait (v.): I. To apply a bait: Phr.: to bait hooks, cibis hamos illinere, Plin.: to bait a trap, *escam in nassa ponere. II. To furnish animals with food on a journey. Phr.: to b. horses, *equis (jumentis) in itinere pabulum suppeditare; or *in itinere subsistere ut equis pabulum suppeditetur. III. To attack an animal with dogs, usu. for amusement: Phr.: to b. a bear, *ursum canibus lacessere immissis; canes in ursum immittere.