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Formicate

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

Formicate

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

vb. 1 To move like ants. 2 To have a sensation like the movement of ants.

WordNet
formicate

v. crawl about like ants

Usage examples of "formicate".

Again, again, again, until you reach the inevitable conclusion of skyrises, nuclear submarines, orbiting satellites, and Homo sapiens formicating the Earth.