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Antonyms for irrigate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ir-i-geyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪr ɪˌgeɪt


Definition of irrigate

Origin :
  • "supply land with water," 1610s, from Latin irrigatus, past participle of irrigare "lead water to, refresh, irrigate, flood," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + rigare "to water, to moisten," of uncertain origin, perhaps cognate with rain. Related: Irrigated; irrigating. In Middle English it was an adjective, "watered, flooded" (mid-15c.).
  • verb water
Example sentences :
  • The farmers in Egypt irrigate in the same way as the ryots of India.
  • Extract from : « The Critic in the Orient » by George Hamlin Fitch
  • In this way, step by step, we irrigate all that may be reached by a single gutter.
  • Extract from : « Village Improvements and Farm Villages » by George E. Waring
  • Each has a cabin in which the rancher lives while they irrigate and make hay.
  • Extract from : « Letters on an Elk Hunt » by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
  • He expects some time to pipe it down to town and irrigate a tract of land.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of a Schooner » by Albert W. Harris
  • He knew his gift was to irrigate, as he said—to suggest and stimulate.
  • Extract from : « Ruskin Relics » by W. G. Collingwood
  • As a consequence of the union of the gods, water flowed to irrigate the land.
  • Extract from : « Archology and the Bible » by George A. Barton
  • Thus it will be seen that abundant fall is obtainable to irrigate all the lands adjacent.
  • Extract from : « Buffalo Land » by W. E. Webb
  • The children of the desert had learned to irrigate their dusty fields.
  • Extract from : « The Unknown Quantity » by Henry van Dyke
  • That is why I do not irrigate the fields oftener than is absolutely necessary.
  • Extract from : « Out on the Pampas » by G. A. Henty
  • I meant to irrigate my garden tomorrow, but it can wait a day.
  • Extract from : « The Heritage of the Hills » by Arthur P. Hankins

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