Dictionary entry

Percolate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Per″co‐late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Percolated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Percolating.] [L. percolatus, p. p. of percolare to percolate; per through + colare to strain.] To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain. Sir M. Hale.