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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Irrigate \Ir"ri*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Irrigated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Irrigating}.] [L. irrigatus, p. p. of irrigare to
irrigate: ir- in + rigare to water; prob. akin to E. rain.
See {Rain}.]
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1. To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping
water; to bedew.
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2. (Agric.) To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow
upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels.
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3. (Med.) To rinse (a wound, infected area, etc.) with a flow
or spray of a liquid.
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