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▪ I. irrorate, a. Zool., esp. Entom.|ˈɪrərət|
[ad. L. irrōrāt-us bedewed, pa. pple. of irrōrāre: see next.]
= Irrorated: see next 2.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. 285 Atom, a very minute dot. Irrorate, sprinkled with atoms, as the earth with dew.
▪ II. irrorate, v.|ˈɪrəreɪt|
[f. ppl. stem of L. irrōrā-re to bedew, f. ir- (ir-1) + rōrāre to drop dew, from rōs, rōrem dew.]
†1. trans. To wet or sprinkle as with dew; to bedew, besprinkle; to moisten. Obs.
1623Cockeram, Irrorate, to sprinckle, to moysten. 1629Parkinson Gard. Pleas. viii. 20 Doe not give them too much water to over-glut them, but temperately to ir[r]orate, bedew or sprinkle them. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 237 They are to be fryed and irrorated with the juyce of Oranges. 1676tr. Garencieres' Coral 44 A plant..irrorated or steeped in common water.
2. Zool., esp. Entom. In pa. pple. ˈirrorated: sprinkled minutely (with dots).
1843Humphreys Brit. Moths I. 85 The caterpillar is dusky, irrorated with black spots. 1882Entomol. Mag. Mar. 220 The mature larva is of a dark pea-green colour, thickly irrorated with slightly raised black dots. |