irrigate
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ɪˌgeɪt verb (used with object), ir·ri·gat·ed, ir·ri·gat·ing.
1.
to supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying.
2.
Medicine/Medical. to supply or wash (an orifice, wound, etc.) with a spray or a flow of some liquid.
3.
to moisten; wet.
Origin:
1605–15; < Latin irrigātus, past participle of irrigāre to wet, flood, nourish with water, equivalent to ir- ir-1 + rigā- (stem of rigāre to provide with water, soak) + -tus past participle suffix
1605–15; < Latin irrigātus, past participle of irrigāre to wet, flood, nourish with water, equivalent to ir- ir-1 + rigā- (stem of rigāre to provide with water, soak) + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
ir·ri·ga·tor, noun
non·ir·ri·gat·ed, adjective
non·ir·ri·gat·ing, adjective
o·ver·ir·ri·gate, verb (used with object), o·ver·ir·ri·gat·ed, o·ver·ir·ri·gat·ing.
re·ir·ri·gate, verb (used with object), re·ir·ri·gat·ed, re·ir·ri·gat·ing.
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World English Dictionary
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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Word Origin & History
irrigate
1623, from L. irrigatus, pp. of irrigare "lead water to, refresh," from in- "in" + rigare "to water, to moisten," of uncertain origin, perhaps cognate with O.E. regn "rain."
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
irrigate ir·ri·gate (ĭr'ĭ-gāt')
v. ir·ri·gat·ed, ir·ri·gat·ing, ir·ri·gates
To wash out a cavity or wound with a fluid.
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Example sentences
The club uses recycled water from reverse osmosis to irrigate the grounds.
Not only is she not using city water to irrigate a lawn, she is keeping water from flooding the sewers.
Rather, what tends to happen is the water saved is then used- to irrigate a new field.
Irrigate artfully with water that sprays off the hoops of this copper kinetic sculpture.
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