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Percolate

verb

(past & past part. percolated; pres. part. percolating)

Permeate or penetrate gradually. Synonym: leach.

Spread gradually.

Prepare in a percolator.

Cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent.

Pass through. Synonyms: filter, permeate, sink in.

Gain or regain energy. Synonyms: gain vigor, perk, perk up, pick up.

noun

The product of percolation.

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"Percolate" Quotes from Famous Books

... escape for the rain-water, which trickles down the sides of the ravine-like hollow, whence the steam issues, it must all percolate downwards through the fissures at its bottom. Some of the inhabitants informed me that it was on record that flames (some luminous appearance?) had originally proceeded from these cracks, and that the flames had been succeeded by the steam; but ...

— Volcanic Islands • Charles Darwin

... of the boards, and the smooth outer surface of the concrete in the arch would allow the comparatively small quantity of water in these parts of the tunnel to find its way to the sides, and thence to the ditches at the bottom, rather than to percolate through the concrete, and this proved to be very generally the case, as is shown by the dry condition of the tunnel as built. The back lagging was used over the arch, both where the sand-wall was built and where it was omitted, as well as being placed over the water-proofing of the arch as ...

— Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 - The Bergen Hill Tunnels. Paper No. 1154 • F. Lavis

... few feet an abundant and cheap supply of water may be secured. The amount of water that such a well can furnish depends upon the area from which the water comes and upon the size of the particles of sand or gravel through which the water has to percolate, it being evident that the finer the material, the more difficult ...

— Rural Hygiene • Henry N. Ogden

... they went on pumping for eight successive months, emptying out an almost incredible quantity of water. It was found that the water, with which the bed of sand extending over many miles was charged, was to a certain degree held back by the particles of the sand itself, and that it could only percolate through at a certain average rate. It appeared in its flow to take a slanting direction to the suction of the pumps, the angle of inclination depending upon the coarseness or fineness of the sand, and regulating the time of the flow. Hence the distribution of the pumping power at short intervals ...

— Lives of the Engineers - The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson • Samuel Smiles

... that he could with safety return home Grizel examined the underground room daily, to see that it was not flooded. Feeling confident at last that the water would not percolate, she told Sir Patrick of the hiding-place prepared for him, and during the night he crept back ...

— Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines • Henry Charles Moore

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