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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

URTICATE

Ur "ti *cate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Urticated; p. pr. & vb. n.Urticating.]

 

Defn: To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy. G. A. Sala.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

urticate

ur ti cate |ˈərtiˌkāt ˈərdəˌkeɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] cause a stinging or prickling sensation like that given by a nettle: (as adj. urticating ) : the urticating hairs. DERIVATIVES ur ti ca tion |ˌərtiˈkāSHən |noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from medieval Latin urticat- ‘stung, ’ from the verb urticare, from Latin urtica (see urticaria ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

urticate

urticate |ˈəːtɪkeɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] cause a stinging or prickling sensation like that given by a nettle: (as adj. urticating ) : the urticating hairs. DERIVATIVES urtication |-ˈkeɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent. (earlier (mid 17th cent. ) as urtication ): from medieval Latin urticat- ‘stung ’, from the verb urticare, from Latin urtica (see urticaria ).