Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - percolate
Percolate
percolate
v. 1 intr. (often foll. by through) a (of liquid etc.) filter or ooze gradually (esp. through a porous surface). b (of an idea etc.) permeate gradually. 2 tr. prepare (coffee) by repeatedly passing boiling water through ground beans. 3 tr. ooze through; permeate. 4 tr. strain (a liquid, powder, etc.) through a fine mesh etc. Derivatives percolation n. Etymology: L percolare (as PER-, colare strain f. colum strainer)
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verb (-lated; -lating) see: per- Date: 1626 transitive verb 1. to cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance (as a powdered drug) especially for extracting a soluble constituent, to prepare (coffee) in a percolator, to be diffused through ; penetrate, intransitive verb to ooze or trickle through a permeable substance ; seep, 2. to become ~d, to become lively or effervescent, to spread gradually , simmer 2a , percolation noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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