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ir⋅ri⋅ga⋅tion

  [ir-i-gey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops.
2. Medicine/Medical. the flushing or washing out of anything with water or other liquid.
3. the state of being irrigated.
Origin:
1605–15; < L irrigātiōn- (s. of irrigātiō). See irrigate, -ion

Related forms:
ir⋅ri⋅ga⋅tion⋅al, adjective
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ir·ri·gate   (ĭr'ĭ-gāt')   
v.   ir·ri·gat·ed, ir·ri·gat·ing, ir·ri·gates

v.   tr.
  1. To supply (dry land) with water by means of ditches, pipes, or streams; water artificially.
  2. To wash out (a body cavity or wound) with water or a medicated fluid.
  3. To make fertile or vital as if by watering.
v.   intr.
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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Irrigation

Ir`ri*ga"tion\, n. [L. irrigatio: cf. F. irrigation.] The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.
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irrigation

Artificial provision of water to sustain growing plants.

Note: Irrigation accounts for the greatest part of water usage in the western United States.
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Irrigation

As streams were few in Palestine, water was generally stored up in winter in reservoirs, and distributed through gardens in numerous rills, which could easily be turned or diverted by the foot (Deut. 11:10). For purposes of irrigation, water was raised from streams or pools by water-wheels, or by a shaduf, commonly used on the banks of the Nile to the present day.

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