Meaning of PERCOLATE
| Pronunciation: | | [n]'purkulit, [v]'purku`leyt, 'purku`leyt
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- [n] the product of percolation
- [v] gain or regain energy
- [v] be diffused thoroughly; "Sunlight percolated the entire house"
- [v] pass through; "Water permeates sand easily"
- [v] cause to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent, as of solvents
- [v] prepare in a percolator, of coffee
- [v] spread gradually; "Light percolated into our house in the morning"
- [v] permeate; penetrate gradually; of liquids
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| | Synonyms: | | filter, gain vigor, leach, perk, perk up, permeate, pick up, sink in |
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| | See Also: | | convalesce, diffuse, dribble, fan out, filter, filtrate, infiltrate, penetrate, percolate, perforate, recover, recuperate, spread, spread out, trickle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Per"co*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Percolated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Percolating}.] [L. percolatus, p. p. of
percolare to percolate; per through + colare to strain.]
To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to
filter; to strain. --Sir M. Hale.
\Per"co*late\, v. i.
To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water
percolates through porous stone.
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