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To percolate is to gradually spread or filter through. (verb)
- An example of percolate is when water gradually spreads and filters through soil.
- An example of percolate is when an idea gradually spreads and becomes more well known.
- When you make coffee in a special coffee maker called a percolator, this is an example of percolate.
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