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Percolate

Percolate Meaning & Definition
Percolate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Percolate?

[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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Percolate: filter | gain vigor | leach | perk | perk up | permeate | pick up | sink in

Related Terms | Find terms related to Percolate: absorb | act | adsorb | assimilate | bathe | be effective | be in action | bleed | blot | blot up | bolt | brew | charge | chemisorb | chemosorb | clarify | clear | colliquate | condense | cut | decoagulate | decoct | decrassify | deliquesce | depurate | digest | discharge | dissolve | distill | douche | drain | drench | dribble | drink | drink in | drink up | drip | dripple | drop | drouk | edulcorate | effuse | elute | emit | engross | essentialize | excrete | exfiltrate | extract | extravasate | exudate | exude | filter | filter in | filtrate | fluidify | fluidize | flush | flux | function | fuse | give off | go | gurgle | have effect | have free play | have play | hold in solution | imbibe | imbrue | imbue | impregnate | infiltrate | infuse | ingest | inject | interpenetrate | lave | leach | leak in | liquefy | liquesce | liquidize | lixiviate | macerate | melt | melt down | militate | ooze | operate | osmose | penetrate | percolate in | percolate into | perform | perk | permeate | pervade | play | purify | rectify | reek | refine | rinse | run | saturate | screen | seep | seep in | seethe | separate | sieve | sift | slurp up | soak | soak in | soak up | sodden | solubilize | solve | sop | sorb | souse | spiritualize | sponge | spurtle | steep | strain | sublimate | sublime | suffuse | sweat | swill up | take effect | take in | take up | thaw | thin | tick | transfuse | transpire | transude | trickle | try | unclot | wash | waterlog | weep | winnow | work

See Also | convalesce | diffuse | dribble | fan out | filter | filtrate | infiltrate | penetrate | percolate | perforate | recover | recuperate | spread | spread out | trickle

Percolate In Webster's Dictionary

\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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