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Webster 1913 Edition


Irrigate

Ir′ri-gate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Irrigated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Irrigating
.]
[L.
irrigatus
, p. p. of
irrigare
to irrigate:
ir-
in +
rigare
to water; prob. akin to E.
rain
. See
Rain
.]
1.
To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew.
2.
(Agric.)
To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels.

Webster 1828 Edition


Irrigate

IR'RIGATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. irrigo; in and rigo, to water.]
1.
To water; to wet; to moisten; to bedew.
2.
To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon it and spread over it.