NICTATE
blink, wink, nictitate, nictate
(verb) briefly shut the eyes; “The TV announcer never seems to blink”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
nictate (third-person singular simple present nictates, present participle nictating, simple past and past participle nictated)
To wink or blink; (of certain animals) to close the nictating membrane. [from 18th c.]
Anagrams
• entatic, tetanic
Source: Wiktionary
Nic"tate, v. i. Etym: [L. nictare, nictatum, from nicere to beckon.]
Definition: To wink; to nictitate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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