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- Dictionaryurticate/ˈəːtɪkeɪt/
verb
- 1. cause a stinging or prickling sensation like that given by a nettle: "the spines do not urticate, but look like they should"
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The meaning of URTICATE is to produce wheals or itching; especially : to induce hives.
verb (used with object) , ur·ti·cat·ed, ur·ti·cat·ing. to sting with or as if with nettles. to whip with or as if with nettles, especially so as to produce a stinging sensation; flog; lash.
verb. whip with or as with nettles. synonyms: nettle. sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Urticate." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/urticate. Accessed 14 Jul. 2024. Copy citation. Examples from books and articles.
1. to sting with or as if with nettles. 2. to whip with or as if with nettles, esp. so as to produce a stinging sensation; flog; lash. intransitive verb. 3. to sting in the manner of a nettle. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
ur·ti·cate. (ûr′tĭ-kāt′) v. ur·ti·cat·ed, ur·ti·cat·ing, ur·ti·cates. v.tr. To sting or whip with or as if with nettles. v.intr. To produce a stinging or itching sensation. adj. (-kĭt, -kāt′) Characterized by the presence of hives.
Urticate definition: . See examples of URTICATE used in a sentence.
urticate (third-person singular simple present urticates, present participle urticating, simple past and past participle urticated) To have or produce a stinging sensation, as of nettles or urticating hair.
