Definition of Lixiveate
{ Lix*iv"i*ate (?), Lix*iv"i*`ted (?), }
a. [From Lixivium.] 1.
Of or pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline
salts.
2. Impregnated with salts from wood
ashes. Boyle.
Lix*iv"i*ate (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Lixiviated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Lixiviating (?).] To subject to a washing
process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that
which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes, for the purpose of extracting
the alkaline substances.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- to separate a substance into soluble and insoluble components through percolation
*1997: the Slaves are out in the Storm, doing their Owners' Laundry, observing and reading each occurrence of Blood, Semen, Excrement, Saliva, Urine, Sweat, Road-Mud, dead Skin, and other such Data of Biography, whose pure form they practice Daily, before all is lixiviated 'neath Heaven. — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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