v. Obs. [f. FEROCITY + -ATE.] trans. To make ferocious; to taint with fierceness.
1666. G. Harvey, Morb. Angl., iv. 49. The parts for their nutriture do daily allect and absorb the sweetest of the blood, leaving the salin behind, which through want of the mild and sweeter particles, is apt to ferocitate and irritate the spirits.
