Vellicate vs. Vellicated

Vellicateverb

To touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements.

Vellicatedverb

simple past tense and past participle of vellicate

Vellicateverb

to irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear.

‘Smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth.’;

Vellicateverb

To pinch.

Vellicateverb

To cause to twitch.

Vellicateverb

To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.

‘Convulsions, arising from something vellicating a nerve in its extremity, are not very dangerous.’;

Vellicateverb

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

Vellicateverb

touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements

Vellicateverb

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’;