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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb nictate has 1 sense
- nictate(v = verb.body) blink, nictitate, wink - briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink" is one way to act involuntarily, act reflexively
Derived form noun nictation1
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
nictate, v. i. [L. nictare, nictatum, from nicere to beckon.].
To wink; to nictitate. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
nictate
Dimsightedness
VB be dimsighted, see double, have a mote in the eye, have a mist before the eyes, have a film over the eyes, see through a prism, see through a glass darkly, wink, blink, nictitate, squint, look askant, askant askance, screw up the eyes, glare, glower, nictate, dazzle, loom.
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