irrigate.
To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
Meaning & usage
To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
We need to irrigate the land before we plant the crops.
To clean (a wound) with a fluid.
The nurse will show you how to irrigate the wound to prevent infection.
Where this word comes from
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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