subirrigate

 [suhb-ir-i-geyt]  

sub·ir·ri·gate

   [suhb-ir-i-geyt]
verb (used with object), sub·ir·ri·gat·ed, sub·ir·ri·gat·ing.
to irrigate beneath the surface of the ground, as with water passing through a system of underground porous pipes or transmitted through the subsoil from ditches, etc.
Origin:
1900–05, Americanism; sub- + irrigate

Related forms
sub·ir·ri·ga·tion, noun
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subirrigate (sʌbˈɪrɪˌɡeɪt)
 
—vb
to irrigate (land) by means of an underground system of pipe lines or by natural moisture in the subsoil
 
subirri'gation
 
—n

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