nictate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
nictate
    v 1: briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to
         blink" [syn: {blink}, {wink}, {nictitate}, {nictate}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nictate \Nic"tate\, v. i. [L. nictare, nictatum, from nicere to
   beckon.]
   To wink; to nictitate.
   [1913 Webster]
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