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ir⋅ri⋅gate
[ir-i-geyt] 
–verb (used with object), -gat⋅ed, -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; < L irrigātus, ptp. of irrigāre to wet, flood, nourish with water, equiv. to ir- ir- 1 + rigā- (s. of rigāre to provide with water, soak) + -tus ptp. suffix
1605–15; < L irrigātus, ptp. of irrigāre to wet, flood, nourish with water, equiv. to ir- ir- 1 + rigā- (s. of rigāre to provide with water, soak) + -tus ptp. suffix
Related forms:
ir⋅ri⋅ga⋅tor, noun
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| ir·ri·gate (ĭr'ĭ-gāt') v. ir·ri·gat·ed, ir·ri·gat·ing, ir·ri·gates v. tr.
To supply land with water artificially. [Latin irrigāre, irrigāt- : in-, in; see in-2 + rigāre, to water.] ir'ri·ga'tion n., ir'ri·ga'tion·al adj., ir'ri·ga'tor n. |
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