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vellicate

[ vel-i-keyt ]

verb (used with object)

vellicated, vellicating.
  1. to pluck; twitch.
  2. to nip, pinch, or the like.
  3. to cause to twitch.


verb (used without object)

vellicated, vellicating.
  1. to move with spasmodic convulsions; twitch.

vellicate

/ ˈɛɪˌɪ /

verb

  1. rare.
    to twitch, pluck, or pinch
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈپDz, noun
  • ˈپ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • l·tDz noun
  • l·t adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of vellicate1

1595–1605; < Latin ٳܲ, past participle of , frequentative of vellere to pull, twitch; -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of vellicate1

C17: from Latin , from vellere to tear off
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Thus, if you vellicate the throat with a feather, nausea is produced; if you wound it with a penknife, pain is induced, but not sickness.

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Xenocles affirmed, that ripe fruit had usually a pleasing, vellicating sapor, and thereby provoked the appetite better than sauces or sweetmeats; for sick men of a vitiated stomach usually recover it by eating fruit.

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