VELLICATE

v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively. Convulsions, arising from something vellicating a nerve in its extremity, are not very dangerous. Arbuthnot.

2.
v.

To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates.

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