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fil⋅trate

  [fil-treyt] verb, -trat⋅ed, -trat⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to filter.
–noun
2. liquid that has been passed through a filter.
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Origin:
1605–15; < ML filtrātus filtered, ptp. of filtrāre. See filter, -ate 1

Related forms:
fil⋅trat⋅a⋅ble, adjective
fil⋅tra⋅tion, noun
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fil·trate   (fĭl'trāt')   
tr. & intr.v.   fil·trat·ed, fil·trat·ing, fil·trates
To put or go through a filter.
n.  Material, especially liquid, that has passed through a filter.

[New Latin filtrāre, filtrāt-, to filter, from Medieval Latin filtrum, filter; see filter.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1fil·trate
Pronunciation: 'fil-"trAt
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: fil·trat·ed;fil·trat·ing
: FILTER

Main Entry: 2filtrate
Function: noun
: fluid that has passed through a filter
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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filtrate fil·trate (fĭl'trāt')
v. fil·trat·ed, fil·trat·ing, fil·trates
To put or go through a filter. n.
Material, especially liquid, that has passed through a filter.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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