elixate

English

Etymology

From Latin ēlixātus, past participle of ēlixāre (“to seethe”), from ēlixus (“thoroughly boiled”), from ex + *lixus (“fluid, flowing”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (“moist, to wet”) and thus cognate with Latin lixa (“water; lye”) and liqueō (“to be liquid, fluid”).

Verb

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

1. (obsolete) To boil; to seethe.
2. (obsolete, by extension) To extract by boiling or seething.
   • 1657, Jean de Renou, A Medicinal Dispensatory:

     Polypody must be contunded and elixated; whereunto , when moderately cocted , Prunes , Raisins , Wormwood , Epithymum , Binde - weed , Roses , and Liquorice must be added

References

• “elixate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• axelite

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eː.likˈsaː.te/, [eːlʲɪkˈs̠äːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.likˈsa.te/, [elikˈsäːt̪e]

Participle

ēlixāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ēlixātus

Verb

ēlixāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēlixō