URTICATE


Meaning of URTICATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈər-tə-ˌkāt ]

intransitive verb

( -cat·ed ; -cat·ing )

Etymology: Medieval Latin urticatus, past participle of urticare to sting, from Latin urtica

Date: 1843

: to produce wheals or itching ; especially : to induce hives

• ur·ti·ca·tion ˌər-tə-ˈkā-shən noun

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