URTICATE

nettle, urticate

(verb) sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation

urticate

(verb) whip with or as with nettles

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

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.

Adjective

urticate (not comparable)

Marked by the presence of wheals.

Source: Wiktionary


Ur"ti*cate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Urticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Urticating.]

Definition: To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy. G. A. Sala.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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