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formicating

formicating is the present participle and gerund of formicate.

Meaning of formicate

Verb

formicate (third-person singular simple present formicates, present participle formicating, simple past and past participle formicated)

  1. To move like ants.
    • an open space which formicated with peasantry1853–1864, James Russell Lowell, “(please specify the page)”, in Fireside Travels, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1864, →OCLC
  2. To have a sensation like the movement of ants.

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Questions about formicating

What is formicating the present participle and gerund of?
Formicating is the present participle and gerund of formicate.

Words near formicating in the dictionary

  1. formicary
  2. formicas
  3. formicate
  4. formicated
  5. formicates
  6. formicating
  7. formication
  8. formications
  9. formicative
  10. formicatory
  11. formicid

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