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Definitions for: 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
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: pinch, tickle, titillate
See Also: irritate, itch
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