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elixating

elixating is the present participle and gerund of elixate.

Meaning of elixate

Verb

elixate (third-person singular simple present elixates, present participle elixating, simple past and past participle elixated)

  1. (obsolete) To boil; to seethe.
  2. (broadly, obsolete) To extract by boiling or seething.
    • Polypody must be contunded and elixated; whereunto , when moderately cocted , Prunes , Raisins , Wormwood , Epithymum , Binde - weed , Roses , and Liquorice must be added1657, Jean de Renou, A Medicinal Dispensatory

Questions about elixating

What is elixating the present participle and gerund of?
Elixating is the present participle and gerund of elixate.

Words near elixating in the dictionary

  1. elitocracy
  2. elix
  3. elixate
  4. elixated
  5. elixates
  6. elixating
  7. elixation
  8. elixations
  9. elixed
  10. elixes
  11. elixing

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