elixatev.
/ɪˈlɪkseɪt//ˈɛlɪkseɪt/ 1. transitive. To boil, seethe; to extract by boiling.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > boil or cause to boil [verb (transitive)]
welleOE
seethec1000
wallc1310
play?c1450
boila1475
siede1481
ebulliate1599
elixate1623
tottlea1774
1623 in H. Cockeram Eng. Dict.
1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies xii. 93 Elixate your antimonie.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. X4v It's enough to elixate a few Simples in..water on a slow fire.
1884 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
2. To steep (in water); to macerate.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action or process of soaking or steeping > soak or steep [verb (transitive)]
imbibec1386
steepc1400
soaka1425
temper1490
delay1526
imbruea1575
seethe1599
embalm1623
imbute1657
infund1657
elixate1658
puddle1701
sug1706
sop1853
1658 G. Starkey Natures Explic. 310 The Caput mortuum being elixated by warm water will give an Alcali.
1805 Gregor in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 95 345 The brownish-gray mass was elixated with distilled water, which dissolved nearly the whole of it.
Derivatives
elixated adj.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action or process of soaking or steeping > [adjective]
woked1409
confyte1490
infuse1502
soaking1577
steeped1599
yoted?1615
elixed1665
sodden1820
elixated1823
soaked1829
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 334 The elixated ashes of divers vegetables.
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