irrigate

First attested in 1615; borrowed from Latin irrigātus, perfect passive participle of irrigō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). See also Middle English irrigat(e) (“watered, irrigated”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪɹəˌɡeɪt/

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irrigate (third-person singular simple present irrigates, present participle irrigating, simple past and past participle irrigated)

1. (transitive) To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.

   We need to irrigate the land before we plant the crops.

2. (transitive) To clean (a wound) with a fluid.

   The nurse will show you how to irrigate the wound to prevent infection.

• irrigation
• irrigator

irrigate

1. inflection of irrigare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

irrigate f pl

1. feminine plural of irrigato

• argirite, geriatri, rigirate

irrigāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of irrigō

irrigate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of irrigar combined with te