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percolate


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Percolate  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Percolate  \Per"co*late\,  v.  i. 
  To  pass  through  fine  interstices;  to  filter;  as  water 
  percolates  through  porous  stone. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  percolate 
  v  1:  permeate;  penetrate  gradually;  of  liquids  [syn:  {leach}] 
  2:  spread  gradually:  "Light  percolated  into  our  house  in  the 
  morning" 
  3:  prepare  in  a  percolator,  of  coffee 
  4:  cause  to  pass  through  a  permeable  substance  in  order  to 
  extract  a  soluble  constituent,  as  of  solvents 
  5:  pass  through  "Water  permeated  sand  easily"  [syn:  {sink  in}, 
  {permeate},  {filter}] 
  6:  be  diffused  thoroughly;  "Sunlight  percolated  the  entire 
  house" 
  7:  gain  or  regain  energy  [syn:  {perk  up},  {perk},  {pick  up},  {gain 
  vigor}] 




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