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percolate

n.
US //ˈpɝkəˌɫeɪt// UK //pˈɜːkəlˌeɪt// per·co·late Archaic
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Borrowed from Latin percōlātus, perfect passive participle of percōlō (“to filter”), itself, from per (“through”) + cōlō (“to strain”) (from cōlum (“a strainer”), of unknown origin); see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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