lixiviate

American  

[lik-siv-ee-eyt] / lɪkˈsɪv iˌeɪt /

verb (used with object)

lixiviated, lixiviating

1. to treat with a solvent; leach.

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lixiviate British  

/ lɪkˈsɪvɪˌeɪt /

verb

1. (tr) chem a less common word for leach 1 lixiviate

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Other Word Forms

• lixivial adjective
• lixiviation noun
• nonlixiviated adjective
• nonlixiviation noun

Etymology

Origin of lixiviate

First recorded in 1640–50; lixivi(um) + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

They lixiviate the soil and boil the water, which has filtered through a bunch of grass in a hole in the bottom of a pot, till all is evaporated and a mass of salt left.

From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Waller, Horace

When the mass is charred to the point that water will not be colored by soluble organic matter, lixiviate with hot distilled water, filter, wash and ignite the residue in the platinum dish.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.