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percolate

('p/[@]/rk/@/,l/eI/t )

permeate or penetrate gradually(verb.motion)

Synonym:
leach

source: wordnet30
spread gradually(verb.motion)

Example:
Light percolated into our house in the morning.

source: wordnet30
prepare in a percolator(verb.contact)

Example:
Percolate coffee.

source: wordnet30
cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
pass through(verb.contact)

Synonym:
filter, permeate, sink in, undergo

source: wordnet30
gain or regain energy(verb.body)

Synonym:
gain vigor, perk, perk up, pick up

source: wordnet30
To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain.(verb)

source: webster1913
To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone.(verb)

source: webster1913

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