To percolate is to gradually spread or filter through.
(verb)See percolate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb percolated, percolating
Origin: < L percolatus, pp. of percolare, to strain < per, through + colare, to strain: see colander
intransitive verb
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verb per·co·lat·ed, per·co·lat·ing, per·co·lates verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Latin percōlāre, percōlāt-
Origin: : per-, per-
Origin: + cōlāre, to filter (from cōlum, sieve)
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