'Vellicate' definitions:
Definition of 'vellicate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements [syn: tickle, titillate, vellicate]
verb
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" [syn: pinch, vellicate]
Definition of 'Vellicate'
From: GCIDE
- Vellicate \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. [1913 Webster]
- Convulsions, arising from something vellicating a nerve in its extremity, are not very dangerous. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vellicate'
From: GCIDE
- Vellicate \Vel"li*cate\, v. i. To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates. [1913 Webster]