irrigate

(ir′ə gāt′)

to refresh by or as by watering
to supply (land) with water by means of ditches or artificial channels or by sprinklers
Med. to wash out or flush (a cavity, wound, etc.) with water or other fluid

Origin: < L irrigatus, pp. of irrigare, to bring water to or upon < in-, in, to, upon + rigare, to water, moisten: see rain

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See irrigate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb ir·ri·gat·ed, ir·ri·gat·ing, ir·ri·gates

verb, transitive

To supply (dry land) with water by means of ditches, pipes, or streams; water artificially.
To wash out (a body cavity or wound) with water or a medicated fluid.
To make fertile or vital as if by watering.

verb, intransitive

To supply land with water artificially.

Origin:

Origin: Latin irrigāre, irrigāt-

Origin: : in-, in; see in-²

Origin: + rigāre, to water

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