levigate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
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Chemistry. to make a homogeneous mixture of, as gels.
adjective
verb
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(tr) to grind into a fine powder or a smooth paste
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to form or cause to form a homogeneous mixture, as in the production of gels
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(tr) to suspend (fine particles) by grinding in a liquid, esp as a method of separating fine from coarse particles
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of levigate
1605–15; < Latin lēvigātus, past participle of lēvigāre to smooth, pulverize, equivalent to lēv ( is ) smooth + -igāre v. suffix see fumigate, -ate 1
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Mark first the rationale of the thing: Hear logic rivel and levigate the deed.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells
This scar, in some months or years, is liable to wear away, and become transparent, without the assistance of any polishing powder, as of very finely levigated glass, as some have recommended.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
It is when combined with levigated talc to form the paint of the toilette that the red becomes most serviceable.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
Let the solution stand for several days; then add 8 ounces of putrid cheese broken up with 3 lbs. of skimmed and curdled sour milk and 3 lbs. of levigated chalk.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse
Called, when levigated, Body white, is an English white lead in the form of scales or plates, sometimes grey on the surface.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
Make a mixture of cream of tartar, 2 parts; levigated chalk, 2p.
From Practical Mechanics for Boys by James Slough Zerbe
This process consists in finely pulverizing the soil or rock, and levigating it in vessels of water.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
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