About The Word Vellicate
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Vellicate
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What's The Definition Of Vellicate?
[v] 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"
[v] touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements Synonyms | Synonyms for Vellicate: pinch | tickle | titillate Related Terms | Find terms related to Vellicate: Vellicate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
Convulsions, arising from something vellicating a nerve
in its extremity, are not very dangerous. --Arbuthnot.
\Vel"li*cate\, v. i. To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates. |
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