alluviatev.
/əˈl(j)uːvɪeɪt/, U.S. /əˈluviˌeɪt/ transitive. To deposit alluvium on, to cover or fill with alluvium.In quot. 1831 perhaps: to deposit or carry as alluvium.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > sediment or alluvium > [verb (transitive)] > cover or fill with alluvium
alluviate1831
1831 Heermann in M. Hasper Ueber die Natur und Behandlung der Krankheiten der Tropenländer II. vi. vi. 423 The exposed surface also of river mud and slime which had been alluviated by the spring floods of the Missisippi.
1843 Brit. Farmer's Mag. 7 304 There was another desideratum to be attained before the scientific application of manure would be successful. They must prepare the land for its reception. They must alluviate, drain, and dry it.
1918 Prof. Papers U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 110. 56/1 At present the removal of débris seems to have ceased, if, indeed, the canyon is not again being alluviated.
1968 Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 77 250 Material eroded from the Mitchell Plain during middle to late Pleistocene time alluviated the subterranean systems.
2000 Jrnl. Coastal Res. 16 135/1 It has since been alluviated in association with the Holocene estuarine sedimentation processes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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