nictare Save DMLBS Du Cange nictare, ~ari [CL=to blink] , to stay awake. edormire, vigilare, ~are Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 198; nictitare, vigilare, quod etiam ~ari dicitur Ib. 383. NICTARE, ICARE. Noctu vigilare. Dief.