vellicate
[vel-i-keyt]
/ ˈvɛl ɪˌkeɪt /
VERB
jerk
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STRONG
be still
VERB
jiggle
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VERB
lug
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VERB
tickle
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STRONGEST
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twitch
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Example Sentences
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Xenocles affirmed, that ripe fruit had usually a pleasing, vellicating sapor, and thereby provoked the appetite better than sauces or sweetmeats; for sick men of a vitiated stomach usually recover it by eating fruit.
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