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vel·li·cate (vel′i kāt′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb vellicated -·cat′ed, vellicating -·cat′·ing

Now Rare to twitch, pluck, etc.

Etymology: L vellicatus, pp. of vellicare, to twitch, pinch < vellere, to pluck < IE base *wel-, to tear, pluck out > OE wæl, battlefield

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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