Category:Vellicate

Vel"li*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vellicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Vellicating.] Etym: [l. vellicatus, p. p. of vellicare to twitch, fr. Vellere to pluck, pull.]

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

Vellicate Vel"li*cate, v. i.

Defn: to move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates.