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vellicate

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Verb (usu participle)
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vel=li=cate

CIDE DICTIONARY

vellicatev. t. [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."  [1913 Webster]
vellicatev. i. 
     To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

vellicate

Agitation

VB be agitated, shake, tremble, tremble like an aspen leaf, quiver, quaver, quake, shiver, twitter, twire, writhe, toss, shuffle, tumble, stagger, bob, reel, sway, wag, waggle, wriggle, wriggle like an eel, dance, stumble, shamble, flounder, totter, flounce, flop, curvet, prance, cavort, squirm, throb, pulsate, beat, palpitate, go pitapat, flutter, flitter, flicker, bicker, bustle, ferment, effervesce, foam, boil, boil over, bubble up, simmer, toss about, jump about, jump like a parched pea, shake like an aspen leaf, shake to its center, shake to its foundations, be the sport of the winds and waves, reel to and fro like a drunken man, move from post to pillar and from pillar to post, drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post, keep between hawk and buzzard, agitate, shake, convulse, toss, tumble, bandy, wield, brandish, flap, flourish, whisk, jerk, hitch, jolt, jog, joggle, jostle, buffet, hustle, disturb, stir, shake up, churn, jounce, wallop, whip, vellicate.


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