Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to nictate
Participle: nictated
Gerund: nictating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | nictate |
| you | nictate |
| he;she;it | nictates |
| we | nictate |
| you | nictate |
| they | nictate |
Perfect
| I | have nictated |
| you | have nictated |
| he;she;it | has nictated |
| we | have nictated |
| you | have nictated |
| they | have nictated |
Past
| I | nictated |
| you | nictated |
| he;she;it | nictated |
| we | nictated |
| you | nictated |
| they | nictated |
Pluperfect
| I | had nictated |
| you | had nictated |
| he;she;it | had nictated |
| we | had nictated |
| you | had nictated |
| they | had nictated |
Future
| I | will nictate |
| you | will nictate |
| he;she;it | will nictate |
| we | will nictate |
| you | will nictate |
| they | will nictate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have nictated |
| you | will have nictated |
| he;she;it | will have nictated |
| we | will have nictated |
| you | will have nictated |
| they | will have nictated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | nictate |
| you | nictate |
| he;she;it | nictate |
| we | nictate |
| you | nictate |
| they | nictate |
Perfect
| I | have nictated |
| you | have nictated |
| he;she;it | have nictated |
| we | have nictated |
| you | have nictated |
| they | have nictated |
Imperfect
| I | nictated |
| you | nictated |
| he;she;it | nictated |
| we | nictated |
| you | nictated |
| they | nictated |
Pluperfect
| I | had nictated |
| you | had nictated |
| he;she;it | had nictated |
| we | had nictated |
| you | had nictated |
| they | had nictated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would nictate |
| you | would nictate |
| he;she;it | would nictate |
| we | would nictate |
| you | would nictate |
| they | would nictate |
Perfect
| I | would have nictated |
| you | would have nictated |
| he;she;it | would have nictated |
| we | would have nictated |
| you | would have nictated |
| they | would have nictated |
Imperative
| you | nictate |
| we | Let's nictate |
| you | nictate |
Verbs conjugated like 'nictate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'nictate'
dictate,
lactate,
mactate,
nictitate,
nidate,
nitrate,
notate,
nutate,
siccate,
unitate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in 1755; borrowed from Latin nictātus, perfect passive participle of nictō (“to wink, blink”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Sample Sentences
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Indignantly interrogated as to whether he himself believed or exercised this abhominable and perabsurd superstition, he very gravely nictated his dexter eyelid. And I nictated mine. And we both laughed. [1909, Frederick Rolfe, Don Renato, Chatto & Windus, published 1963:]
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Gently I pressed my quivering sting along her rolling salty eyeball. ‘Goody-goody,’ she said nictating. [1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita:]
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In the absence of stimulation, C. elegans dauers are lethargic and generally immobile but nictate vigorously when disturbed. [2011, Perry & Wharton, Molecular and Physiological Basis of Nematode Survival, page 113:]