nictitate

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  1. intransitive verb To wink. See Synonyms at blink.

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  1. Medieval Latin nictitāre, nictitāt-, frequentative of Latin nictāre.

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  1. from Latin nictitatus, past participle of nictitare, freq. of nictare, wink: see nictate.
 

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