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Vellicate   Listen
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Vellicate  v. t.  (past & past part. vellicated; pres. part. vellicating)  To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively. "Convulsions, arising from something vellicating a nerve in its extremity, are not very dangerous."






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"Vellicate" Quotes from Famous Books



... as we have before shown, that this quality is found almost without exception in all bodies that are by general consent held beautiful. There can be no doubt that bodies which are rough and angular, rouse and vellicate the organs of feeling, causing a sense of pain, which consists in the violent tension or contraction of the muscular fibres. On the contrary, the application of smooth bodies relaxes; gentle stroking with a smooth hand allays violent pains and cramps, and relaxes the ...
— The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12) • Edmund Burke



Words linked to "Vellicate" :   itch, pinch, vellication, irritate, tickle, titillate



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