lixiviate


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lixiviate /lɪkˈsɪvɪeɪt/
verb Chemistry, archaic separate (a substance) into soluble and insoluble constituents by percolation.
– derivatives
lixiviation noun.
– origin C17: from mod. L. lixiviat-, lixiviare ‘impregnate with lye’.
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