verb · intransitive

nictate

nictate · nictates · nictated · nictating

мигать, моргать

To wink or blink; to close the nictating membraneTo wink or blink; (of certain animals) to close the nictating membrane.

/nɪkˈteɪt/

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To wink or blink; (of certain animals) to close the nictating membrane.
мига́тьmigátʹ, морга́тьmorgátʹ

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to wink or blink:

First attested in 1755; borrowed from Latin nictātus, perfect passive participle of nictō

First attested in 1755; borrowed from Latin nictātus, perfect passive participle of nictō (“to wink, blink”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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nictates, nictating, nictated, nictated

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I, you, we, they	nictate
he, she, it	nictates

all persons

nictated

I, you, we, they	have nictated
he, she, it	has nictated

all persons

will nictate

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