urticate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb whip with or as with nettles
  2. verb sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
    nettle.

WordNet

Ur"ti*cate transitive verb & intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Urticated ; present participle & verbal noun Urticating
Definitions
  1. To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy. G. A. Sala.

Webster 1913