"nictitate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈnɪktɪteɪt/ Forms: nictitates [present, singular, third-person], nictitating [participle, present], nictitated [participle, past], nictitated [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from nictitating. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|nictitating}} Back-formation from nictitating Head templates: {{en-verb}} nictitate (third-person singular simple present nictitates, present participle nictitating, simple past and past participle nictitated)
  1. (transitive) to wink or blink Tags: transitive Related terms: nictitation, nictitating membrane
    Sense id: en-nictitate-en-verb-bt7XhdwX Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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