vellicate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vellicate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for vellicate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vellicate v touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements Synonym(s): tickle, titillate, vellicate 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" Synonym(s): pinch, vellicate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Convulsions, arising from something vellicating a nerve in its extremity, are not very dangerous. --Arbuthnot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vellicate \Vel"li*cate\, v. i. To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates.