Ir'ri-gāte, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. IRRIGATED; p. pr. & vb. n. IRRIGATING.] [Lat. irrigare, irrigatum, from prefix in and rigare, to water; It. irrigare.]

1. To water; to wet; to moisten; to bedew.
2. To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon and over it.