urticate

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  1. transitive verb To sting or whip with or as if with nettles.
  2. intransitive verb To produce a stinging or itching sensation.
  3. adjective Characterized by the presence of hives.

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  1. Medieval Latin urticāre, urticāt-, from Latin urtica, nettle.

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  1. from Middle Latin urticatus, past participle of urticare (later Old French ortier; cf. Italian orticheggiare), sting like a nettle, from Latin urtica, a nettle: see Urtica.
 

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/ˈərtɪkeɪt/
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