percolated; percolating
Definition of percolate
1a
: to cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance (such as a powdered drug) especially for extracting a soluble constituent
b
: to prepare (coffee) in a percolator
2
: to be diffused through : penetrate
1
: to ooze or trickle through a permeable substance : seep
2a
: to become percolated
b
: to become lively or effervescent
3
: to spread gradually
allow the sunlight to percolate into our rooms— Norman Douglas
4
: simmer sense 2a
the feud had been percolating for a long time
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The first known use of percolate was in 1626
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