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Definition of Formicate
1. Verb. Crawl about like ants.
Definition of Formicate
1. a. Resembling, or pertaining to, an ant or ants.
2. v. i. To creep or crawl like ants; swarm with, or as with, ants.
Definition of Formicate
1. Verb. To move like ants. ¹
2. Verb. To have a sensation like the movement of ants. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Formicate
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Formicate
Literary usage of Formicate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1857)
"Among crystals, the author selected for special examination red ferrocyanide of
iron, sulphate of zinc, and formicate of copper. The first is paramagnetic, ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"(nonce word), formicate (rare or med.), 2. Referring to plants: run, trail, ...
Referring to the sensation: crawl; spec. formicate (rare), ..."
3. Synoptical Flora of North America. by Asa Gray (1878)
"Corolla with tube equalling or surpassing the calyx, somewhat inflate«! above;
the thront more or less contracted and 5-formicate beneath the sinuses; ..."
4. Harvard Studies and Notes in Philology and Literature by Frank Edgar Farley, Harvard University Dept. of Modern Languages (1896)
"wherewith U\ty formicate. (S.) I II, p. 209. SATIRE VII. Too much preparing lost
them all their lives ; Like some in plagues kill with preservatives, (vv. ..."
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