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Formicate

For"mi*cate\, a. [L. formica an ant.] (Zo["o]l.) Resembling, or pertaining to, an ant or ants.

Formicate

For"mi*cate\ (f[^o]r"m[i^]*k[=a]t), v. i. [See Formication.] To creep or crawl like ants; swarm with, or as with, ants.

An open space which formicated with peasantry. --Lowell.
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formicate

verb
crawl about like ants 
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