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urticate

urticate verb: to have or produce a stinging sensation, as of nettles or urticating hair.

Verb

urticate (third-person singular simple present urticates, present participle urticating, simple past and past participle urticated)

  1. To have or produce a stinging sensation, as of nettles or urticating hair.

Adjective

urticate (not comparable)

  1. Marked by the presence of wheals.
    • In certain cases of erythemata there was an urticate look.1912, The British Journal of Dermatology, volume 24, page 278

urticate meaning in Tamil

urticate in Tamil

காஞ்சொறி போல நமைச்சல் கொடு

Forms of urticate

third-person singular presenturticates
present participleurticating
past participleurticated
pasturticated

Origin of urticate

From or formed like (post-Classical?) Latin urticatus, from Latin urtīca (“nettle”).

Questions about urticate

What does urticate mean?
Urticate means to have or produce a stinging sensation, as of nettles or urticating hair.
What is urticate in Tamil?
Urticate in Tamil is காஞ்சொறி போல நமைச்சல் கொடு. See Urticate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is urticate?
Urticate can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of urticate?
The past tense of urticate is urticated.

Words near urticate in the dictionary

  1. urticaria-deafness-amyloidosis syndrome
  2. urticarial
  3. urticarias
  4. urticariform
  5. urticarious
  6. urticate
  7. urticated
  8. urticates
  9. urticating
  10. urtication
  11. urtications

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