Lixiviate Definition
lĭk-sĭvē-āt
lixiviated, lixiviates, lixiviating
verb
To wash or percolate the soluble matter from (solid material).
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Webster's New World
To separate (a substance) into soluble and insoluble components through percolation; to leach.
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adjective
Impregnated with salts from wood ashes.
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Origin of Lixiviate
Late Latin lixīvium lye (from Latin lixīvius of lye) (from lix lye) –ate
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin lixivio, from lixivius (“made into lye"), from lix (“ashes, lye").
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