For"mi*cate (?), a. [L. formica an ant.] (Zoöl.)

Resembling, or pertaining to, an ant or ants.

 

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For"mi*cate (for"mi*kAt), 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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