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Meaning of NICTATE

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink"
 
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 Synonyms: blink, nictitate, wink
 
 See Also: act involuntarily, act reflexively, bat, flutter, palpebrate

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Nic"tate\, v. i. [L. nictare, nictatum, from nicere to
beckon.]
To wink; to nictitate.
 

 

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