† irriguatev.
/ɪˈrɪɡjuːeɪt/ Obsolete.
transitive. = irrigate v.
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
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
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 316 Now to discourse of Nylus, this flood irriguateth all the low playnes.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 499 Even so is melting Tweed and weeping Tiviot..that irriguat the fertile fields.
1670 Lex Talionis 26 The Circulation of the Blood, whereby every part is irriguated and nourished.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > ground > [adjective] > wet
weta900
wateryOE
irrigate?a1412
waterish1540
irriguate1632
irriguous1651
springish1663
spewy1669
puddleda1721
swashy1796
puddly1843
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 176 Not farre from the irriguate plaine of Darmille.
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