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nictates

nictates is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 nictates

What is nictates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Nictates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of nictate.

Words near nictates in the dictionary

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

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