Lexic.us

Definition of Irrigate

1. Verb. Supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams. "Water the fields"

2. Verb. Supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting. "Irrigate the wound"

Definition of Irrigate

1. v. t. To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew.

Definition of Irrigate

1. Verb. To supply farmland with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc. ¹

2. Verb. To clean a wound with a fluid ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Irrigate

1. to supply with water by artificial means [v -GATED, -GATING, -GATES]

Medical Definition of Irrigate

1. 1. To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew. 2. To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels. Origin: L. Irrigatus, p. P. Of irrigare to irrigate: ir- in + rigare to water; prob. Akin to E. Rain. See Rain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Irrigate

irrevocableness irrevocably irrevokable irrevokably irrevoluble irrhythmic irrhythmically irridenta irridentas irridentism

irridentist irridescent irrigable irrigably irrigatable irrigate (current term) irrigated irrigates irrigating irrigation

irrigation ditch irrigational irrigations irrigator irrigators irriguous irrisible irrision irrisions irrisory

Literary usage of Irrigate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Irrigation in the United States by Richard Josiah Hinton, United States Dept. of Agriculture (1887)
"I am satisfied that where the water is as near the surface as that, there is no need to irrigate summer or winter. The effect of irrigation ifi summer would ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Easements by John Leybourn Goddard (1904)
"Whether a riparian owner may use the water of a natural stream to irrigate his laud depends upon the quantity of water he requires and the injury he ..."

3. Irrigation in the United States by Richard Josiah Hinton, United States Dept. of Agriculture (1887)
"I am satisfied that where the water is as near the surface as that, there is no need to irrigate summer or winter. The effect of irrigation ifi summer would ..."

4. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1814)
"of Chile ; thus called from a fall of the river Mapocho, which, running through a level territory, throws out an arm to irrigate this valley, ..."

5. A Treatise on the Law of Easements by John Leybourn Goddard (1904)
"Whether a riparian owner may use the water of a natural stream to irrigate his laud depends upon the quantity of water he requires and the injury he ..."

6. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1814)
"of Chile ; thus called from a fall of the river Mapocho, which, running through a level territory, throws out an arm to irrigate this valley, ..."

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