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Webster 1913 Edition
Vellicate
Vel′li-cate
,Verb.
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
,Verb.
I.
To move spasmodically; to twitch;
as, a nerve
. vellicates
Webster 1828 Edition
Vellicate
VEL'LICATE
,Verb.
T.
To twitch; to stimulate; applied to the muscles and fibers of animals; to cause to twitch convulsively.
Definition 2024
vellicate
vellicate
English
Verb
vellicate (third-person singular simple present vellicates, present participle vellicating, simple past and past participle vellicated)
- To touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements.
- Roald Dahl, The Way Up to Heaven
- It was nothing much - just a tiny vellicating muscle in the corner of the left eye […]
- Roald Dahl, The Way Up to Heaven
- to irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear.
- Smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth.
- To pinch.
- To cause to twitch.
- Arbuthnot
- Convulsions, arising from something vellicating a nerve in its extremity, are not very dangerous.
- Arbuthnot
Translations
touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements