percolate
percolate Lexical Profile
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• verb
To filter, trickle, or seep gradually through a porous surface or substance (of a liquid or gas).
"Rainwater slowly percolates through the layers of soil and porous rock to replenish the underground aquifer."
To spread, diffuse, or develop gradually through an area, group of people, or one's mind (of an idea, feeling, or influence).
"It took several months for the benefits of the new economic policy to percolate through the local community."
To prepare or brew coffee by repeatedly cycling boiling water through a filter basket of ground beans in a percolator.
"My grandfather still prefers to percolate his morning coffee in an old enamel pot over the stove."
• noun
A liquid or solution that has passed or been filtered through a porous substance or medium.
"The lab technician collected the clear percolate at the bottom of the filtration column for chemical analysis."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 17th century from Latin percolatus, the past participle of percolare ('to strain through'), formed from per- ('through') and colare ('to strain'), from colum ('strainer' or 'sieve').