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Irrigate

//ˈɪɹəˌɡeɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc. transitive

    "We need to irrigate the land before we plant the crops."

  2. 2
    supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting wordnet
  3. 3
    To clean (a wound) with a fluid. transitive

    "The nurse will show you how to irrigate the wound to prevent infection."

  4. 4
    supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams wordnet

Etymology

First attested in 1615; borrowed from Latin irrigātus, perfect passive participle of irrigō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). See also Middle English irrigat(e) (“watered, irrigated”).

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