Dictionary entry

Lixiviate (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.