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vellicate (ˈvɛlɪˌkeɪt) vbrare to twitch, pluck, or pinch[C17: from Latin vellicāre, from vellere to tear off] ˌvelliˈcation n ˈvellicative adjvellicate Past participle: vellicated Gerund: vellicating
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I have vellicated | you have vellicated | he/she/it has vellicated | we have vellicated | you have vellicated | they have vellicated |
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I was vellicating | you were vellicating | he/she/it was vellicating | we were vellicating | you were vellicating | they were vellicating |
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I had vellicated | you had vellicated | he/she/it had vellicated | we had vellicated | you had vellicated | they had vellicated |
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I will be vellicating | you will be vellicating | he/she/it will be vellicating | we will be vellicating | you will be vellicating | they will be vellicating |
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I have been vellicating | you have been vellicating | he/she/it has been vellicating | we have been vellicating | you have been vellicating | they have been vellicating |
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I had been vellicating | you had been vellicating | he/she/it had been vellicating | we had been vellicating | you had been vellicating | they had been vellicating |
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I would vellicate | you would vellicate | he/she/it would vellicate | we would vellicate | you would vellicate | they would vellicate |
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I would have vellicated | you would have vellicated | he/she/it would have vellicated | we would have vellicated | you would have vellicated | they would have vellicated | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | vellicate - touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movementstickle, titillateitch - have or perceive an itch; "I'm itching--the air is so dry!" | | 2. | vellicate - 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"pinchirritate - excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus; "irritate the glands of a leaf" |
vellicate
vel·li·cate (vel'i-kāt), To twitch or contract spasmodically; said especially of fibrillary muscular spasms. [L. vellico, pp. -atus, to pluck, to twitch, fr. vello, to deprive of hair, pluck] vellicate To twitch spasmodically; fibrillate, spasm, twitch. It is not used in the working medical parlance.vellicate
Synonyms for vellicateverb touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movementsSynonymsRelated Wordsverb irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tearSynonymsRelated Words |