Thesaurus: percolate

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1. v. t. To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain.
2. v. i. To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone.
3. n. the product of percolation
4. v. permeate or penetrate gradually
5. v. spread gradually
6. v. prepare in a percolator
7. v. cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent
8. v. pass through
9. v. gain or regain energy
10. To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain. Sir M. Hale. To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone.
11. To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; tofilter; to strain. Sir M. Hale.
12. v:100 n. the product of percolation v. spread gradually v. prepare in a percolator