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Definition of "levigate" []

  • To make into a smooth, fine powder or paste, as by grinding when moist. (verb-transitive)
  • To separate fine particles from coarse by grinding in water. (verb-transitive)
  • To suspend in a liquid. (verb-transitive)
  • To make smooth; polish. (verb-transitive)
  • Smooth. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "levigate" in a sentence
  • "But if you are neither disposed to burn nor excise, having first fomented with plenty hot water and turned out the anus, levigate myrrh, and having burnt galls and Egyptian alum, in the proportion of one and"
  • "Of squama aeris, as much as three specilla can contain, with the gluten of summer wheat: levigate, pound, form into pills, and give; it purges water downwards."