irrigatev.

/ˈɪrɪɡeɪt/

Etymology: < Latin irrigāt-, participial stem of irrigāre to lead water to, to water, < ir- (ir- prefix¹) + rigāre to wet, moisten, water.

1. transitive. To supply with moisture; to moisten, wet. (Now rare in the general sense, and regarded as transferred from 2a.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)]

weta950

bathec1000

drenchc1230

blotenc1325

danka1350

anointa1375

moista1382

beshed1382

moil?a1425

madefy?1440

arrouse1480

moisturea1500

humect1531

intinct1547

moisten1559

rinse1579

inebriate1610

irrigate1615

slocken1627

irriguate1632

humectate1640

madidate1656

slake1810

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 285 The thirde vse is to irrigate or moysten the sides of the wombe.

1688 R. Boyle Disquis. Final Causes iv. 158 Not that they think the blood..unfit to irrigate the parts with that vital liquor.

1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 65 With which..to irrigate Their dry-furr'd Tongues.

1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 3 Only the larger bronchi are irrigated by the bronchial arteries.

2. spec.

a. To supply (land) with water by means of channels or streams passing through it; also said of such channels or streams (natural or artificial); to water. (The prevailing sense.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > irrigation > irrigate [verb (transitive)]

leachc888

water1538

irrigate1623

irriguate1632

float1649

trickle-irrigate1971

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Irrigate, to water ground, or so.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) A Country irrigated by several fine Rivers.

1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches iv. 180 The orchard..and garden ground..were irrigated by the waters of a small mountain-rill which were collected and led down in front of the house by an artificial canal.

1852 W. J. Conybeare & J. S. Howson Life & Epist. St. Paul I. x. 386 Its waters still irrigate the suburban gardens of the Athenians.

1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 37 The country was..artificially irrigated by a network of canals.

b. Medicine. To supply (a part, a wound, etc.) with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > treat hydropathically [verb (transitive)] > bathe, sprinkle, or foment

beathc1000

foment?a1425

stupe1525

fomentate1559

embroche1575

pump1598

embrocate1628

irrigate1876

1876 Clin. Soc. Trans. 9 123 Stuffed with sponges, and sutures left unfastened for three hours, during which time it was irrigated with carbolic acid.

3. figurative. To refresh or make fruitful as with a supply of moisture.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > refresh or invigorate [verb (transitive)]

akeleOE

restOE

comfort1303

ease1330

quickc1350

recurea1382

refresha1382

refetec1384

restorec1384

affilea1393

enforcec1400

freshc1405

revigour?a1425

recomfortc1425

recreatec1425

quicken?c1430

revive1442

cheerc1443

refection?c1450

refect1488

unweary1530

freshen1532

corroborate1541

vige?c1550

erect?1555

recollect?1560

repose1562

respite1565

rouse1574

requicken1576

animate1585

enlive1593

revify1598

inanimate1600

insinew1600

to wind up1602

vigorize1603

inspiritc1610

invigour1611

refocillate1611

revigorate1611

renovate1614

spriten1614

repaira1616

activate1624

vigour1636

enliven1644

invigorate1646

rally1650

reinvigorate1652

renerve1652

to freshen up1654

righta1656

re-enlivena1660

recruita1661

enlighten1667

revivify1675

untire1677

reanimate1694

stimulate1759

rebrace1764

refreshen1780

brisken1799

irrigate1823

tonic1825

to fresh up1835

ginger1844

spell1846

recuperate1849

binge1854

tone1859

innerve1880

fiercen1896

to tone up1896

to buck up1909

pep1912

to zip up1927

to perk up1936

to zizz up1944

hep1948

to zing up1948

juice1964

1686 A. Horneck Crucified Jesus xiii. 276 The wine of angels..inebriates their understandings, irrigates the spirits of men made perfect.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII v. 57 But then they have their claret and madeira To irrigate the dryness of decline.

1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (1875) x. iii. 352 Her mind irrigated their minds, which would have remained permanently barren without that help and refreshment.

4. intransitive. To drink; to take a drink. slang (chiefly U.S.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor

to wet (one's) whistle, weasand, mouth, beak, beardc1386

bibc1400

to kiss the cupa1420

drawa1500

refresh1644

mug1653

bub1654

jug1681

whiffle1693

dram1740

wet1783

to suck (also sup) the monkey1785

stimulate1800

lush1811

taste1823

liquor1839

oil1841

paint1853

irrigate1856

nip1858

smile1858

peg1874

gargle1889

shicker1906

stop1924

bevvy1934

1856 ‘J. Phoenix’ Phoenixiana 104 [He] was invited by the urbane proprietor to irrigate.

c1880 in Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) II. App. 975 ‘Stranger, do you irrigate?’ ‘If you mean drink, sir, I do not.’

1905 A. Adams Outlet xxi. 298 Sponsilier..called every one to the bar to irrigate.

1911 E. M. Clowes On Wallaby viii. 202 There was even a further decrease in drunkenness, people having no money, I suppose, for what out here [i.e. in Victoria] they call ‘irrigating’.

5. transitive. To cause to percolate.

ΚΠ

1901 Practitioner Mar. 288 Picro-haematoxylin or other stain can be irrigated through the preparation.

Derivatives

ˈirrigated adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > irrigation > [adjective]

watered1531

irrigated1830

irrigable1844

irrigative1861

irrigatorial1867

irrigational1877

irrigatory1884

sprinklered1942

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > irrigated

floated1676

irrigated1830

subirrigated1832

1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 223 Irrigated pasture or best water meadow.

ˈirrigating adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > [adjective] > wetting

moistinga1382

moistening1580

watering1581

madefying1646

humectant1659

wetting1661

irrigating1669

irriguous1684

humectating1738

1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 287 The earth becomes again satiated by irrigating showers.

1866 Rep. Indian Affairs 120 The first thing necessary to insure success is an irrigating canal.

1866 Rep. Indian Affairs 121 After the ground was broken an irrigating ditch was opened.

1877 Rep. Indian Affairs 47 The irrigating dam referred to above is to save the waters of a small creek.

1885 Rep. Indian Affairs 123 We must have many more miles of irrigating ditches.

1892 Athenæum 30 July 153/3 He..set them to work digging an irrigating canal.

1895 Westm. Gaz. 1 July 1/3 The fertilising and irrigating effect which the Darwinian hypothesis has exercised in all departments of contemporary thought.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	irrigate
释义	† irrigateadj. Forms: In Middle English irrigat. Etymology: < Latin irrigātus, past participle of irrigāre to irrigate adj. Obsolete. Irrigated, watered. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > ground > [adjective] > wet weta900 wateryOE irrigate?a1412 waterish1540 irriguate1632 irriguous1651 springish1663 spewy1669 puddleda1721 swashy1796 puddly1843 ?a1412 J. Lydgate Fabula Duorum Merc. 24 But yeer by yeer the soil is irrigat, And ouyrflowyd with the flood of Nyle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). irrigatev. /ˈɪrɪɡeɪt/ Etymology: < Latin irrigāt-, participial stem of irrigāre to lead water to, to water, < ir- (ir- prefix¹) + rigāre to wet, moisten, water. 1. transitive. To supply with moisture; to moisten, wet. (Now rare in the general sense, and regarded as transferred from 2a.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)] weta950 bathec1000 drenchc1230 blotenc1325 danka1350 anointa1375 moista1382 beshed1382 moil?a1425 madefy?1440 arrouse1480 moisturea1500 humect1531 intinct1547 moisten1559 rinse1579 inebriate1610 irrigate1615 slocken1627 irriguate1632 humectate1640 madidate1656 slake1810 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 285 The thirde vse is to irrigate or moysten the sides of the wombe. 1688 R. Boyle Disquis. Final Causes iv. 158 Not that they think the blood..unfit to irrigate the parts with that vital liquor. 1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 65 With which..to irrigate Their dry-furr'd Tongues. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 3 Only the larger bronchi are irrigated by the bronchial arteries. 2. spec. a. To supply (land) with water by means of channels or streams passing through it; also said of such channels or streams (natural or artificial); to water. (The prevailing sense.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > irrigation > irrigate [verb (transitive)] leachc888 water1538 irrigate1623 irriguate1632 float1649 trickle-irrigate1971 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Irrigate, to water ground, or so. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) A Country irrigated by several fine Rivers. 1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches iv. 180 The orchard..and garden ground..were irrigated by the waters of a small mountain-rill which were collected and led down in front of the house by an artificial canal. 1852 W. J. Conybeare & J. S. Howson Life & Epist. St. Paul I. x. 386 Its waters still irrigate the suburban gardens of the Athenians. 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 37 The country was..artificially irrigated by a network of canals. b. Medicine. To supply (a part, a wound, etc.) with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > treat hydropathically [verb (transitive)] > bathe, sprinkle, or foment beathc1000 foment?a1425 stupe1525 fomentate1559 embroche1575 pump1598 embrocate1628 irrigate1876 1876 Clin. Soc. Trans. 9 123 Stuffed with sponges, and sutures left unfastened for three hours, during which time it was irrigated with carbolic acid. 3. figurative. To refresh or make fruitful as with a supply of moisture. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > refresh or invigorate [verb (transitive)] akeleOE restOE comfort1303 ease1330 quickc1350 recurea1382 refresha1382 refetec1384 restorec1384 affilea1393 enforcec1400 freshc1405 revigour?a1425 recomfortc1425 recreatec1425 quicken?c1430 revive1442 cheerc1443 refection?c1450 refect1488 unweary1530 freshen1532 corroborate1541 vige?c1550 erect?1555 recollect?1560 repose1562 respite1565 rouse1574 requicken1576 animate1585 enlive1593 revify1598 inanimate1600 insinew1600 to wind up1602 vigorize1603 inspiritc1610 invigour1611 refocillate1611 revigorate1611 renovate1614 spriten1614 repaira1616 activate1624 vigour1636 enliven1644 invigorate1646 rally1650 reinvigorate1652 renerve1652 to freshen up1654 righta1656 re-enlivena1660 recruita1661 enlighten1667 revivify1675 untire1677 reanimate1694 stimulate1759 rebrace1764 refreshen1780 brisken1799 irrigate1823 tonic1825 to fresh up1835 ginger1844 spell1846 recuperate1849 binge1854 tone1859 innerve1880 fiercen1896 to tone up1896 to buck up1909 pep1912 to zip up1927 to perk up1936 to zizz up1944 hep1948 to zing up1948 juice1964 1686 A. Horneck Crucified Jesus xiii. 276 The wine of angels..inebriates their understandings, irrigates the spirits of men made perfect. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII v. 57 But then they have their claret and madeira To irrigate the dryness of decline. 1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (1875) x. iii. 352 Her mind irrigated their minds, which would have remained permanently barren without that help and refreshment. 4. intransitive. To drink; to take a drink. slang (chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor to wet (one's) whistle, weasand, mouth, beak, beardc1386 bibc1400 to kiss the cupa1420 drawa1500 refresh1644 mug1653 bub1654 jug1681 whiffle1693 dram1740 wet1783 to suck (also sup) the monkey1785 stimulate1800 lush1811 taste1823 liquor1839 oil1841 paint1853 irrigate1856 nip1858 smile1858 peg1874 gargle1889 shicker1906 stop1924 bevvy1934 1856 ‘J. Phoenix’ Phoenixiana 104 [He] was invited by the urbane proprietor to irrigate. c1880 in Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) II. App. 975 ‘Stranger, do you irrigate?’ ‘If you mean drink, sir, I do not.’ 1905 A. Adams Outlet xxi. 298 Sponsilier..called every one to the bar to irrigate. 1911 E. M. Clowes On Wallaby viii. 202 There was even a further decrease in drunkenness, people having no money, I suppose, for what out here [i.e. in Victoria] they call ‘irrigating’. 5. transitive. To cause to percolate. ΚΠ 1901 Practitioner Mar. 288 Picro-haematoxylin or other stain can be irrigated through the preparation. Derivatives ˈirrigated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > irrigation > [adjective] watered1531 irrigated1830 irrigable1844 irrigative1861 irrigatorial1867 irrigational1877 irrigatory1884 sprinklered1942 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > irrigated floated1676 irrigated1830 subirrigated1832 1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 223 Irrigated pasture or best water meadow. ˈirrigating adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > [adjective] > wetting moistinga1382 moistening1580 watering1581 madefying1646 humectant1659 wetting1661 irrigating1669 irriguous1684 humectating1738 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 287 The earth becomes again satiated by irrigating showers. 1866 Rep. Indian Affairs 120 The first thing necessary to insure success is an irrigating canal. 1866 Rep. Indian Affairs 121 After the ground was broken an irrigating ditch was opened. 1877 Rep. Indian Affairs 47 The irrigating dam referred to above is to save the waters of a small creek. 1885 Rep. Indian Affairs 123 We must have many more miles of irrigating ditches. 1892 Athenæum 30 July 153/3 He..set them to work digging an irrigating canal. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 1 July 1/3 The fertilising and irrigating effect which the Darwinian hypothesis has exercised in all departments of contemporary thought. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.?a1412v.1615
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† irrigateadj.

irrigatev.

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