English
Etymology
From Latin lixiviare, from lixivius ‘made into lye’, from lix ‘ashes, lye’.
Pronunciation
IPA: /lɪk'sɪvɪeɪt/
Verb
lixiviate
- to separate a substance into soluble and insoluble components through percolation
#:*1997: the Slaves are out in the Storm, doing their Owners’ Laundry, observing and reading each occurrence of Blood, Semen, Excrement, Saliva, Urine, Sweat, Road-Mud, dead Skin, and other such Data of Biography, whose pure form they practice Daily, before all is lixiviated ’neath Heaven. — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
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