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filtrate

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verb (used with or without object), fil·trat·ed, fil·trat·ing.
  1. to filter.
noun
  1. liquid that has been passed through a filter.

Origin of filtrate

1605–15; < Medieval Latin filtrātus filtered, past participle of filtrāre. See filter, -ate1
Related formsfil·trat·a·ble, adjectivefil·tra·tion, nounin·ter·fil·trate, verb (used with object), in·ter·fil·trat·ed, in·ter·fil·trat·ing.in·ter·fil·tra·tion, nountrans·fil·tra·tion, nounun·fil·trat·ed, adjective
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Examples from the Web for filtrated

Historical Examples

  • The filtrated liquor was highly impregnated with the camphor.

    Experiments and Observations on the Following Subjects

    Thomas Henry

  • When a large quantity of fluid is to be filtrated, the paper is supported by the frame of wood, Pl.

    Elements of Chemistry,

    Antoine Lavoisier

  • I then added thirty grains of strong quick-lime in exceeding fine powder, shook the mixture well, and filtrated it.

  • The oily part is now filtrated through strainers; and the remainder, which is called foots, is again heated, and put into casks.

  • This was not acting, but the flashing of a stream where the sunshine reached to its bed; was filtrated through pure, sweet waters.

    Jessamine

    Marion Harland

British Dictionary definitions for filtrated

filtrate

noun
  1. a liquid or gas that has been filtered
verb
  1. another name for filter (def. 7)
Derived Formsfiltratable, adjective

Word Origin

C17: from Medieval Latin filtrāre to filter
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Word Origin and History for filtrated

filtrate

v.

1610s, probably a back-formation from filtration. As a noun, from 1846.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
filtrated in Medicine

filtrate

(fĭl′trāt′)
v.
  1. To put or go through a filter.
n.
  1. Material, especially liquid, that has passed through a filter.
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