Formicate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Formicate \For"mi*cate\, a. [L. formica an ant.] (Zool.)
     Resembling, or pertaining to, an ant or ants.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  formicate
       v : crawl about like ants