percolate
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Etymology [edit]
From Latin percōlāre (“to filter”), itself, from per- (“through”) + colare (“to strain”) (from colum (“a strainer”), of unknown origin).
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Verb [edit]
percolate (third-person singular simple present percolates, present participle percolating, simple past and past participle percolated)
- (transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
- (intransitive) To drain or seep through a porous substance.
- Water percolates through sand.
- (transitive) To make (coffee) in a percolator.
- I'll percolate some coffee.
- (intransitive) (figuratively) To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.
- Reports on the pitiful state of many prisons have finally percolated through to the Home Office, which has promised to look into the situation.
- Through media reports it percolated to the surface that the police investigation was profoundly flawed.
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Translations [edit]
(transitive) pass a liquid through a porous substance
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(intransitive) drain through a porous substance
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(intransitive) spread slowly or gradually
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Noun [edit]
percolate (plural percolates)
- (rare) A liquid that has been percolated.
Translations [edit]
Italian [edit]
Verb [edit]
percolate
- second-person plural present indicative of percolare
- second-person plural imperative of percolare
- Feminine plural of percolato
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
percōlāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of percōlō
