percolate

t. & i. [Lat. per col at us, pa. par. of percolo to strain through a sieve: per =through, and colo to filter; colum =a filter.] *A. Trans.: To strain; to cause to pa through small or fine interstices, as of a filter; to filter. (Lit. & fig .) "The evidences of fact are percolated through a vast period of ages."- Hale : Orig . of Mankind , p. 129. B. In trans.: To pa through small or fine interstices; to filter. Henfrey: Botany , § 653. "Through these ti ues the juices freely percolate ." per-co-lā-tion, s. [Lat. percolatio , from perco lat us , pa. par. of percolo =to filter through.] [PERCOLATE.] The act, state, or proce of percolating, straining, or filtering; the act of pa ing through small or fine interstices, as of a filter.