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nic·ti·tate    Audio Help   [nik-ti-teyt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used without object), -tat·ed, -tat·ing.
to wink.
Also, nictate.


[Origin: 1815–25; < ML nictitātus, ptp. of nictitāre, freq. of L nictāre to wink, freq. of nicere to beckon; see -ate1]

nic·ti·tant, adjective
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nic·ti·tate    Audio Help   (nĭk'tĭ-tāt')  Pronunciation Key 
intr.v.   nic·ti·tat·ed also nic·tat·ed, nic·ti·tat·ing also nic·tat·ing, nic·ti·tates also nic·tates
To wink. See Synonyms at blink.


[Medieval Latin nictitāre, nictitāt-, frequentative of Latin nictāre.]

nic'ti·ta'tion n.
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nictitate 
"to wink," 1822, from M.L. nictitatus, pp. of nictitare, freq. of L. nictare "wink, blink," related to second element in connive (q.v.).

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nictitate

verb
briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink" [syn: blink

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Main Entry: nic·ti·tate
Pronunciation: 'nik-t&-"tAt
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: -tat·ed; -tat·ing
: WINK

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Nictitate

Har*de"ri*an\, a. (Anat.) A term applied to a lachrymal gland on the inner side of the orbit of many animals which have a third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.
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Nictitate

Haw\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Anat.) The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.
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Nictitate

Nic"ti*tate\, v. i. [See Nictate.] To wink; to nictate.

Nictitating membrance (Anat.), a thin membrance, found in many animals at the inner angle, or beneath the lower lid, of the eye, and capable of being drawn across the eyeball; the third eyelid; the haw.
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