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Antonyms for percolate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb pur-kuh-leyt; noun pur-kuh-lit, -leyt
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈpɜr kəˌleɪt; noun ˈpɜr kə lɪt, -ˌleɪt


Definition of percolate

Origin :
  • 1620s, a back-formation from percolation, or else from Latin percolatus, past participle of percolare "to strain through." Figurative sense by 1670s. Related: Percolated; percolating.
  • verb seep, drip (liquid)
Example sentences :
  • Evaporate the percolate in a water-bath to the consistency of a pill mass.
  • Extract from : « The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines » by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
  • The other was to percolate a similar quantity to get the needed caffeol.
  • Extract from : « All About Coffee » by William H. Ukers
  • Miss Burton paused to allow the idea to percolate into my brain.
  • Extract from : « My Actor-Husband » by Anonymous
  • The first portion of the percolate is colorless or nearly so.
  • Extract from : « Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology » by William T. Lewis
  • Even so, a great light was beginning to percolate to my innermost consciousness.
  • Extract from : « One Third Off » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • That's only seventy-five miles, and news does percolate, give it time.
  • Extract from : « Judith of Blue Lake Ranch » by Jackson Gregory
  • For if the subsoil be damp, moisture will rise; if it be porous, offensive matter may percolate through.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 » by Various
  • It is then to be percolated with water, the first part of the percolate being returned as fast as it runs through.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • The agent got up and turned down the stove as the coffee began to percolate.
  • Extract from : « The Flying Stingaree » by Harold Leland Goodwin
  • The purpose of the pear-shaped apertures was to enable the salt fumes to percolate freely around the vessels being fired.
  • Extract from : « Contributions From the Museum of History and Technology » by Ivor Noel Hume

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