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