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irrigate (ˈɪrɪˌɡeɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to supply (land) with water by means of artificial canals, ditches, etc, esp to promote the growth of food crops |
| 2. | med to bathe or wash out a bodily part, cavity, or wound |
| 3. | (tr) to make fertile, fresh, or vital by or as if by watering |
| [C17: from Latin irrigāre, from rigāre to moisten, conduct water] | |
| 'irrigable | |
| —adj | |
| irri'gation | |
| —n | |
| irri'gational | |
| —adj | |
| 'irrigative | |
| —adj | |
| 'irrigator | |
| —n | |
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