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formicate
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formicate, a. [L. formica an ant.].
Resembling, or pertaining to, an ant or ants. [1913 Webster]
formicate, v. i. [See Formication.].
To creep or crawl like ants; swarm with, or as with, ants.
"An open space which formicated with peasantry." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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