elixate
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin ēlixātus, past participle of ēlixāre (“to seethe”), from ēlixus (“thoroughly boiled”), from ex + *lixus (“fluid, flowing”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (“moist, to wet”) and thus cognate with Latin lixa (“water; lye”) and liqueō (“to be liquid, fluid”).
Verb
editelixate (third-person singular simple present elixates, present participle elixating, simple past and past participle elixated)
- (obsolete) To boil; to seethe.
- (obsolete, by extension) To extract by boiling or seething.
- 1657, Jean de Renou, A Medicinal Dispensatory:
- Polypody must be contunded and elixated; whereunto , when moderately cocted , Prunes , Raisins , Wormwood , Epithymum , Binde - weed , Roses , and Liquorice must be added
References
edit- “elixate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editLatin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eː.likˈsaː.te/, [eːlʲɪkˈs̠äːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.likˈsa.te/, [elikˈsäːt̪e]
Participle
editēlixāte
Verb
editēlixāte