Vellicate /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Vellicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Vellicating

1. To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.

   Convulsions, arising from something vellicating a nerve in its extremity, are not very dangerous.

1. To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates.