\For"mi*cate\, a. [L. formica an ant.] (Zo["o]l.)
Resembling, or pertaining to, an ant or ants.

\For"mi*cate\ (f[^o]r"m[i^]*k[=a]t), v. i. [See
{Formication}.]
To creep or crawl like ants; swarm with, or as with, ants.
      An open space which formicated with peasantry.
                                               --Lowell.