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nictated

nictated is the simple past and past participle of nictate.

Meaning of nictate

Verb

nictate (third-person singular simple present nictates, present participle nictating, simple past and past participle nictated)

  1. (intransitive) To wink or blink; (of certain animals) to close the nictating membrane.
    • Indignantly interrogated as to whether he himself believed or exercised this abhominable and perabsurd superstition, he very gravely nictated his dexter eyelid. And I nictated mine. And we both laughed.1909, Frederick Rolfe, Don Renato, Chatto & Windus, published 1963

Questions about nictated

What is nictated the simple past and past participle of?
Nictated is the simple past and past participle of nictate.

Words near nictated in the dictionary

  1. NICRA
  2. NICRUT
  3. NICRUTs
  4. NICs
  5. nictate
  6. nictated
  7. nictates
  8. nictating
  9. nictating membrane
  10. nictating membranes
  11. nictation

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