levigatev.

Brit.

/ˈlɛvᵻɡeɪt/, U.S.

/ˈlɛvəˌɡeɪt/

Forms: Also 1800s læv-.

Etymology: < Latin lēvigāt-, participial stem of lēvigāre to make smooth, < lēvis (sometimes given as lævis) smooth.

†1.

a. transitive. To make smooth; to polish. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > make smooth [verb (transitive)] > make smooth and polished or glossy

slicka1225

polisha1382

sleekc1440

levigate1617

sleeken1621

slicken1621

conglaciate1656

steel1807

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 103 White starch..levigateth the parts exasperated.

1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 121 By reason of their lenifying and detersiue faculty, [they]..leuigate the roughnesse of the winde-pipe.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 410 A stone turned, rolled, and tossed about, to smooth, and levigate every side thereof.

1677 R. Boyle New Exper. ii, in Philos. Trans. 1676 (Royal Soc.) 11 805 To enable them, by the help of Gravity,..to levigate..or polish each others surfaces.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xii. 95 No mortal man might climb it or descend..For it is levigated as by art.

1811 J. Parkins Young Man's Best Compan. 536 Bran..levigates its surface.

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxx. 250 The eye-cases..surrounded on their inner side by a crescent-shaped lævigated piece.

1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. vi. 208 The base is concave so as to play upon the levigated centre of the above protuberance.

†b. in immaterial sense. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 314 The turning of a tender melting B. into a surly rigid R. is not to levigate or mollifie, but to make the name the harder in pronunciation.

1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy I. 374 Such a soul levigated by prosperity soon mounts into airiness of temper.

2. To reduce to a fine smooth powder; to rub down; to make a smooth paste of (with some liquid).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > form into grains or granules [verb (transitive)] > make into powder or dust > fine

levigate1694

1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ix. 417/1 Levigate it upon a Marble, till it becomes an impalpable pouder.

1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 181 Some have got the Art of levigating the testaceous Powders.

1782–3 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 1 9 Levigating it with the oil of sweet almonds.

1802 A. Ellicott Jrnl. (1803) 245 Shells, and other calcareous matter, levigated by the friction of the particles.

1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 345 It is sufficient to levigate them with water to obtain them very white.

1824 Mechanic's Mag. No. 30. 32 Machinery for Levigating or Grinding Colours.

1894 S. Smiles J. Wedgwood ii. 15 This clay, carefully levigated,..yielded a red ware.

figurative.1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 60 He..Makes logic levigate the big crime small.

Derivatives

ˈlevigating n. and adj. (attributive)

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > reduction to powder or dust

pulverization1617

dusting1623

pulveration1623

alcoholization1662

powdering1664

levigating1710

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > analgesic > [adjective] > soothing

sedativec1425

lenitive1543

lenifying1617

demulcing1619

lenient1652

levative1657

levigating1710

demulcent1732

temperating1753

demulcetive1756

soothing1899

1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 272 A Levigating Lohoch.

?1790 J. Imison Curious & Misc. Articles (new ed.) 67 in School of Arts (ed. 2) Mix it with a levigating knife with spirits of wine.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 787 The glue is then to be put warm on a levigating stone, and kneaded with quick-lime.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	levigate
释义	† levigateadj.¹ Etymology: < late Latin levigātus, past participle of levigāre, < levis light. Obsolete. As past participle: lightened. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > making easy > made easy > made less arduous levigate1531 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. iii. sig. Bv^v His labours beinge leuigate, and made more tollerable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2021). levigateadj.² Brit. /ˈlɛvᵻɡeɪt/, U.S. /ˈlɛvəˌɡeɪt/ Forms: Also lævigate. Etymology: < Latin lēvigātus, past participle of lēvigāre (see levigate v.). Botany and Entomology. Smooth as if polished. ΚΠ 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 269 Levigate (Lævigata), without any partial elevations or depressions. 1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. 418/1. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). levigatev. Brit. /ˈlɛvᵻɡeɪt/, U.S. /ˈlɛvəˌɡeɪt/ Forms: Also 1800s læv-. Etymology: < Latin lēvigāt-, participial stem of lēvigāre to make smooth, < lēvis (sometimes given as lævis) smooth. †1. a. transitive. To make smooth; to polish. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > make smooth [verb (transitive)] > make smooth and polished or glossy slicka1225 polisha1382 sleekc1440 levigate1617 sleeken1621 slicken1621 conglaciate1656 steel1807 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 103 White starch..levigateth the parts exasperated. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 121 By reason of their lenifying and detersiue faculty, [they]..leuigate the roughnesse of the winde-pipe. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 410 A stone turned, rolled, and tossed about, to smooth, and levigate every side thereof. 1677 R. Boyle New Exper. ii, in Philos. Trans. 1676 (Royal Soc.) 11 805 To enable them, by the help of Gravity,..to levigate..or polish each others surfaces. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xii. 95 No mortal man might climb it or descend..For it is levigated as by art. 1811 J. Parkins Young Man's Best Compan. 536 Bran..levigates its surface. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxx. 250 The eye-cases..surrounded on their inner side by a crescent-shaped lævigated piece. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. vi. 208 The base is concave so as to play upon the levigated centre of the above protuberance. †b. in immaterial sense. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 314 The turning of a tender melting B. into a surly rigid R. is not to levigate or mollifie, but to make the name the harder in pronunciation. 1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy I. 374 Such a soul levigated by prosperity soon mounts into airiness of temper. 2. To reduce to a fine smooth powder; to rub down; to make a smooth paste of (with some liquid). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > form into grains or granules [verb (transitive)] > make into powder or dust > fine levigate1694 1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ix. 417/1 Levigate it upon a Marble, till it becomes an impalpable pouder. 1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 181 Some have got the Art of levigating the testaceous Powders. 1782–3 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 1 9 Levigating it with the oil of sweet almonds. 1802 A. Ellicott Jrnl. (1803) 245 Shells, and other calcareous matter, levigated by the friction of the particles. 1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 345 It is sufficient to levigate them with water to obtain them very white. 1824 Mechanic's Mag. No. 30. 32 Machinery for Levigating or Grinding Colours. 1894 S. Smiles J. Wedgwood ii. 15 This clay, carefully levigated,..yielded a red ware. figurative.1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 60 He..Makes logic levigate the big crime small. Derivatives ˈlevigating n. and adj. (attributive) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > reduction to powder or dust pulverization1617 dusting1623 pulveration1623 alcoholization1662 powdering1664 levigating1710 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > analgesic > [adjective] > soothing sedativec1425 lenitive1543 lenifying1617 demulcing1619 lenient1652 levative1657 levigating1710 demulcent1732 temperating1753 demulcetive1756 soothing1899 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 272 A Levigating Lohoch. ?1790 J. Imison Curious & Misc. Articles (new ed.) 67 in School of Arts (ed. 2) Mix it with a levigating knife with spirits of wine. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 787 The glue is then to be put warm on a levigating stone, and kneaded with quick-lime. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.¹1531adj.²1826v.1617
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levigatev.

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