2 entries under this word

Percolate

Pĕr'co-lāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. PERCOLATED; p. pr. & vb. n. PERCOLATING.] [Lat. percolare, percolatum, from the prefix per, through, and colare, to strain.] To strain through; to cause to pass through small interstices, as a liquor; to filter.

Pér'co-lāte, v. i.

verbintransitive

To pass through small interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through a porous stone.