elutriate

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e·lu·tri·ate

E0097600 (ĭ-lo͞o′trē-āt′)tr.v. e·lu·tri·at·ed, e·lu·tri·at·ing, e·lu·tri·ates 1. To purify, separate, or remove (ore, for example) by washing, decanting, and settling.2. To wash away the lighter or finer particles of (soil, for example).
[Latin elutriāre, elutriāt- (from *elutrium, vat, bath, from Greek *elutrion, diminutive of elutron, cover, sheath, tank; see elytron) or ēlūtriāre (from *ēlūtor, one who washes, from ēluere, to wash out; see elute).]
e·lu′tri·a′tion n.

elutriate

(ɪˈluːtrɪˌeɪt) vb (Chemistry) (tr) to purify or separate (a substance or mixture) by washing and straining or decanting[C18: from Latin ēlūtriāre to wash out, from ēluere, from ē- out + lavere to wash] eˌlutriˈation n eˈlutriˌator n

e•lu•tri•ate

(ɪˈlu triˌeɪt)

v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing. 1. to purify by washing and straining or decanting. 2. to separate the light and heavy particles of (a substance) by washing. [1725–35; < Latin elutriātus, past participle of elutriāre to rinse in a vat] e•lu`tri•a′tion, n.

elutriate


Past participle: elutriated
Gerund: elutriating
Imperative
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Present
I elutriate
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Preterite
I elutriated
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Present Continuous
I am elutriating
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Present Perfect
I have elutriated
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Past Continuous
I was elutriating
you were elutriating
he/she/it was elutriating
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Past Perfect
I had elutriated
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Future
I will elutriate
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Future Perfect
I will have elutriated
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Future Continuous
I will be elutriating
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been elutriating
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Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been elutriating
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Past Perfect Continuous
I had been elutriating
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Conditional
I would elutriate
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Past Conditional
I would have elutriated
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