percolate
4 synonyms for percolate, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To let a liquid slowly pass through something full of tiny holes, so as to filter it.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin percōlātus, perfect passive participle of percōlō (“to filter”), itself, from per (“through”) + cōlō (“to strain”) (from cōlum (“a strainer”), of unknown origin); see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
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