Category:Percolate

Per"co*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Percolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Percolating.] Etym: [l. percolatus, p.p. of percolare to percolate; Per through + colare to strain.]

Defn: to cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to Filter; to strain. Sir m. Hale.

Percolate Per"co*late, v. i.

Defn: to pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water Percolates through porous stone.