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Pos: Adjective, Verb (usu participle)
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Verb urticate has 2 senses

1.  urticate(v = verb.perception) - whip with or as with nettles;
is one way to
lash, whip
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something

2.  urticate(v = verb.perception) nettle - sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation;
is one way to bite, burn, sting
Derived form noun urtication2
Sample sentences: Something ----s something


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

urticate, v. t. & i.

   To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy. G. A. Sala. [1913 Webster]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

urticate, v.tr. sting like a nettle.

Derivative:
urtication n.

Etymology:
med.L urticare f. L urtica: see URTICARIA