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vellicate
[vel-i-keyt]
verb (used with object)
vellicated, vellicating
to pluck; twitch.
to nip, pinch, or the like.
to cause to twitch.
verb (used without object)
vellicated, vellicating
to move with spasmodic convulsions; twitch.
vellicate
/ ˈɛɪˌɪ /
verb
rareto twitch, pluck, or pinch
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Other 51Թ Forms
- vellication noun
- vellicative adjective
- ˌˈپDz noun
- ˈپ adjective
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51Թ 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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51Թ 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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