▪ I. formicate, a. rare—0.
(ˈfɔːmɪkət)
[f. L. formīca ant + -ate.]
Resembling an ant.
| 1840 in Smart. |
▪ II. formicate, v.
(ˈfɔːmɪkeɪt)
[f. ppl. stem of L. formīcāre: see formicant.]
intr. To crawl like ants; transf. to swarm with moving beings. Hence ˈformicating ppl. a. = formicant.
| 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. vi. 180 A languid, unequal, or formicating Pulse. 1854 Lowell Jrnl. Italy Prose Wks. 1890 I. 165 An open space, which formicated with peasantry. |