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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

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.

Verb.

To pass through fine interstices; to filter;

as, water

percolates

through porous stone

Verb.

[L. percolo; per and colo, to strain.] To strain through; to cause to pass through small interstices, as a liquor; to filter.

Verb.

To pass through small interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through a porous stone.