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vellicate
(encz) | vellicate, v: |
Vellicate
(gcide) | Vellicate \Vel"li*cate\, v. i.
To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates.
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Vellicate
(gcide) | Vellicate \Vel"li*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vellicated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Vellicating.] [L. vellicatus, p. p. of
vellicare to twitch, fr. vellere to pluck, pull.]
To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.
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Convulsions, arising from something vellicating a nerve
in its extremity, are not very dangerous. --Arbuthnot.
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vellicate
(wn) | vellicate
v 1: touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface
nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic
movements [syn: tickle, titillate, vellicate]
2: irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can
vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch
your back" [syn: pinch, vellicate] |
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Divellicate
(gcide) | Divellicate \Di*vel"li*cate\, v. t. [L. di- = vellicatus, p. p.
of vellicare to pluck, fr. vellere to pull.]
To pull in pieces. [Obs. or R.]
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Vellicate
(gcide) | Vellicate \Vel"li*cate\, v. i.
To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates.
[1913 Webster]Vellicate \Vel"li*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vellicated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Vellicating.] [L. vellicatus, p. p. of
vellicare to twitch, fr. vellere to pluck, pull.]
To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.
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Convulsions, arising from something vellicating a nerve
in its extremity, are not very dangerous. --Arbuthnot.
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Vellicated
(gcide) | Vellicate \Vel"li*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vellicated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Vellicating.] [L. vellicatus, p. p. of
vellicare to twitch, fr. vellere to pluck, pull.]
To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.
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Convulsions, arising from something vellicating a nerve
in its extremity, are not very dangerous. --Arbuthnot.
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