irrigate

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (transitive) To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
  2. (transitive) To clean (a wound) with a fluid.

Frekwensie

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈɪɹəˌɡeɪt/
Etimologie (Engels)

First attested in 1615; borrowed from Latin irrigātus, perfect passive participle of irrigō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). See also Middle English irrigat(e) (“watered, irrigated”).

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