† rigatev.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin rigāt-, rigāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin rigāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of rigāre to provide with a supply of water, irrigate, to make wet, drench, soak, of unknown origin. Compare irrigate v. and earlier rigation n.

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To moisten.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > make slightly wet [verb (transitive)]

aliec1330

humidatec1540

bemoist1567

bemoisten1590

rigate1657

damp1671

deg1673

moistify1786

dampen1827

baste1897

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ccc2* Bole-arminack..may be rigated [L. rigari] by humid things.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	rigate
释义	† rigatev. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin rigāt-, rigāre. Etymology: < classical Latin rigāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of rigāre to provide with a supply of water, irrigate, to make wet, drench, soak, of unknown origin. Compare irrigate v. and earlier rigation n. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To moisten. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > make slightly wet [verb (transitive)] aliec1330 humidatec1540 bemoist1567 bemoisten1590 rigate1657 damp1671 deg1673 moistify1786 dampen1827 baste1897 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ccc2* Bole-arminack..may be rigated [L. rigari] by humid things. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1657
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