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Percolate
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- 1 A liquid that has been percolated. rare
"Fluidextracts are liquid alcoholic preparations of uniform and definite strength, made by percolating drugs with menstrua, and concentrating a portion of the percolate […]"
- 2 the product of percolation wordnet
- 1 To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter. transitive
"Fluidextracts are liquid alcoholic preparations of uniform and definite strength, made by percolating drugs with menstrua, and concentrating a portion of the percolate […]"
- 2 gain or regain energy wordnet
- 3 To drain or seep through a porous substance. intransitive
"Water percolates through sand."
- 4 pass through wordnet
- 5 To make (coffee) in a percolator. transitive
"I'll percolate some coffee."
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- 6 cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent wordnet
- 7 (of coffee) to be prepared by percolation; (of a coffee pot) to brew coffee in this way. intransitive
- 8 prepare in a percolator wordnet
- 9 To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised. figuratively, intransitive
"Reports on the pitiful state of many prisons have finally percolated through to the Home Office, which has promised to look into the situation."
- 10 spread gradually wordnet
- 11 permeate or penetrate gradually wordnet
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin percōlātus, perfect passive participle of percōlō (“to filter”), itself, from per (“through”) + cōlō (“to strain”) (from cōlum (“a strainer”), of unknown origin); see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Borrowed from Latin percōlātus, perfect passive participle of percōlō (“to filter”), itself, from per (“through”) + cōlō (“to strain”) (from cōlum (“a strainer”), of unknown origin); see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
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