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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 vellicate
 (vt.)抽動

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Vel·li·cate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vellicated p. pr. & vb. n. Vellicating.]  To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.
    Convulsions, arising from something vellicating a nerve in its extremity, are not very dangerous.   --Arbuthnot.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Vel·li·cate, v. i. To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 vellicate
      v 1: touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface
           nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic
           movements [syn: tickle, titillate]
      2: irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces
         can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points
         pinch your back" [syn: pinch]