percolaten.
/ˈpəːkələt/, /ˈpəːkəleɪt/, U.S. /ˈpərkələt/, /ˈpərkəˌleɪt/ A product of percolation.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > percolation > [noun] > product of percolation
siping1503
percolate1853
leachate1952
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > filtering or percolating > [noun] > product of percolation
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1853 N.Y. Jrnl. Pharmacy 2 238 When a mixture of eight parts ether and one part alcohol is employed, the percolate still separates into two layers.
1898 Rev. Brit. Pharmacy 7 The alcohol is recovered from the last two percolates, and the residual extract dissolved in the reserved percolate.
1948 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 175 798 The penicillin again appeared predominantly in the percolates.
1990 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 329 373/2 I wonder whether..there is an appreciable difference between the solution concentrations within the aggregates and in the percolate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
percolatev.
/ˈpəːkəleɪt/, U.S. /ˈpərkəˌleɪt/ 1.
a. transitive. To cause (a liquid) to pass through the interstices of a porous body or medium; to strain or filter (naturally or artificially). Also: to cause (a finely divided solid) to trickle or pass through pores or minute apertures; to sift.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > percolation > cause to percolate [verb (transitive)]
filter1582
percolate1626
leach1796
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > filtering or percolating > filter [verb (transitive)] > cause to percolate
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1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §396 Springs on the Tops of High-Hills are the best: For..they..are more Percolated thorow a great Space of Earth.
1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 292 You shall percolat it through a Sieve or course cloath.
1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. iv. x. 190 Strainers, through which they percolated Snow to cool their Wines.
1823 T. C. Haliburton Gen. Descr. Nova Scotia 24 When percolated through gravel, sand or lime-stone, [water] is lucid and wholesome.
c1842 E. J. Lance Cottage Farmer 23 Oatmeal..undressed, percolated between the fingers into boiling water.
1949 E. P. Abraham & N. G. Heatley in H. W. Florey Antibiotics I. ii. 100 A solution of the substances to be separated is percolated through a column of adsorbent.
2003 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 29 Apr. 8 The water is percolated through sand filters and disinfected with ultraviolet rays.
b. transitive. figurative. To filter or diffuse through; to pass or spread (information, a tradition, etc.) gradually or piecemeal over time.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > through > pass through the pores of > cause to
percolatea1676
leach1796
transpire1864
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. i. 129 The Evidences of Fact are as it were percolated through a vast Period of Ages, and many very obscure to us.
1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 48 Double-refined, and treble-refined, by being percolated through the lips and pens of Commissioners and Commissioners' Clerks, and Agents, and Writers to the Signet.
1970 P. Laurie Scotl. Yard iv. 92 Churchill's funeral..probably contained, percolated through a succession of intermediate heroes, elements of Nelson's.
2001 Scotsman (Nexis) 5 Dec. 11 Every word he says sounds like it's been percolated through a glass of whisky and a lungful of cigarette smoke.
c. transitive. To prepare (coffee) in a percolator.
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the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [verb (transitive)] > make coffee
perk1920
percolate1959
1959 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 43 162/1 We percolate our coffee, toast our bread, and fry our eggs on electrical devices without rising.
1974 ‘J. Ross’ Burning of Billy Toober xiv. 127 Rogers made the mortuary in twenty minutes, not stopping to shave or percolate coffee.
2001 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 3 Sept. 1 b We percolate coffee every day and that smell serves as a cue to remind people that, aha, it's time for breakfast.
2.
a. intransitive. Of a liquid: to pass through a porous body or medium; to filter, ooze, or trickle. Frequently with through, down, etc.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > percolation > pass through by percolation [verb (intransitive)]
oozea1398
soakc1440
filter1576
percolate1684
infiltrate1828
leach1883
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (intransitive)] > through > through a porous medium
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oozea1398
soakc1440
filter1576
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transude1664
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1684 R. Boyle Exper. Porosity of Bodies vi. 94 In..the West Indies they have..large Vessels, wherein they put water to percolate, as it were, through a strainer.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. v. 70 Extracting the Nitre, and letting the Aqueous or fluid Particles percolate.
1787 T. Jefferson Virginia 145 The vault of this cave is of solid lime-stone, through which water is continually percolating.
1815 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. (ed. 2) v. 109 The caverns have been formed by the agency of water percolating through natural fissures.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 24 The water which has percolated through the sandy beds.
1906 Tetaka Kai Bk. Well Tried Recipes 138 A clean billy, good water that has percolated through pumice.
1954 H. Scott Scotl. Yard 143 A thin crust of blood was exposed showing that some had percolated between the metal faces.
1995 Earth Oct. 55/2 Sand tufas form under the lake as fresh water percolates up and salt water percolates down.
b. intransitive. figurative. To filter or diffuse through, into, etc.; to spread gradually or piecemeal over time.
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the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [verb (intransitive)] > of immaterial things
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disperse1605
disseminate1803
percolate1854
haemorrhage1935
1854 Chambers's Jrnl. 20 May 309/2 It is surprising how information of an interesting nature percolates.
1857 H. Melville Confidence-man xiii. 101 Can wine or confidence percolate down through all the stony strata of hard considerations?
1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 251 The worship of Isis had percolated at several points into the Greek Peninsula.
1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! iii. 185 Oriental influences..have percolated naturally through these racial frontiers.
1996 M. D. Russell Sparrow ii. 15 He..thoughtfully worked his way through the rest of his meal, letting things percolate through his mind.
c. intransitive. Of coffee: to be prepared by percolation. Also of a coffee pot: to brew coffee in this way.
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the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [verb (intransitive)] > make coffee
percolate1881
perk1922
1881 Times 30 Apr. 14/3 A certain proportion of them have unfortunately, boiled the coffee instead of pouring boiling water over it, and allowing it to percolate.
1977 J. Tarrant Rommel Plot xx. 208 Epp filled the coffeepot..leaving it to percolate on a low flame.
2003 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 8 July 1 a It's just past 6 in the morning, and coffee is percolating in Chris and Gordon's home.
d. intransitive. figurative. To be or become excited, lively, or active. Cf. perk v.3 2b.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > act in spirited manner > become lively
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animate1779
waken1825
sprightle1896
smarten1899
to be (get, etc.) hopping1960
percolate1962
1962 H. Hood Flying Red Kite 183 As he ate, his spirits began to percolate a bit.
1993 Newsweek 25 Jan. 34/1 With Somalia, Haiti and Russia also percolating,..[the] head of the foreign-policy transition..set up agency teams to regalvanize State, Defense, the CIA and the National Security Council.
2001 GQ Nov. 226/3 Given the tight security on the set, the Italian press has percolated with wild rumours.
3.
a. transitive. Of a liquid: to ooze or filter through (a porous body or medium); to permeate. Now rare.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > percolation > cause to percolate [verb (transitive)] > percolate through
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > through > pass through the pores of
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transpire1755
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1735 S. Bowden Poet. Ess. II. 10 To this ascending Fountains owe their Birth, And oozing Vapors percolate the Earth.
1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 118 Water percolating the pores of the basalt.
1845 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 159 Water.., as it percolates the soil, dissolves a portion of the various earthy matters it meets with.
1885 R. Buchanan Master of Mine vii It was actually percolated with sea~water oozing through the solid granitic mass.
1951 Bull. Faculty Sci. Fouad I Univ. (Cairo) No. 29. 78 A certain amount of the water percolates the soil to form ground water, which is utilized by means of various wells.
1992 Pract. Fishkeeping (BNC) 123 Ensure that the baskets have slatted bottoms as well as sides, or else the water upflow will not percolate the material.
b. transitive. figurative. To permeate gradually, suffuse.
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1865 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (new ed.) VIII. lxvii. 306 A senate..so freely percolated by the blood of the lower classes.
1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience i When it alters in one way the blood that percolates it, we get the methodist.
1965 New Statesman 7 May 737/2 One reason why this has so slowly percolated British consciousness..is British reporting.
1991 S. Winchester Pacific (1992) 376 The lure of what locals call the Gaba—the Great Australian Bugger-All as mentioned earlier—simply failed to percolate the American psyche.
4. intransitive. U.S. slang. To walk, stroll, wander. Now rare.
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1881 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily Gaz. 4 May 6/3 At first glance I took you for a vagrant, but that speech convinced me that I was wrong. I shall suspend sentence and let you go... You can now percolate out doors.
1898 G. V. Hobart Many Moods & Many Meters 84 You bes' percolate!
1942 Z. N. Hurston in Amer. Mercury July 85 Then he would..percolate on down the Avenue.
1956 R. Macdonald Barbarous Coast xii. 89 A nice fellow like you that percolates around where he isn't wanted—he could stop percolating period.
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