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Urticate

Ur′ti-cate

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Urticated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Urticating
.]
To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy.
G. A. Sala.

Definition 2024

urticate

urticate

English

Verb

urticate ‎(third-person singular simple present urticates, present participle urticating, simple past and past participle urticated)

  1. To have or produce a stinging sensation, as of nettles or urticating hair.

Adjective

urticate ‎(not comparable)

  1. Marked by the presence of wheals.
    • 1912, The British Journal of Dermatology (volume 24, page 278)
      In certain cases of erythemata there was an urticate look.

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