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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Levigate \Lev"i*gate\ (-g[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Levigated} (-g[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Levigating}.] [L. levigatus, p. p. of levigare to make smooth, fr. l[emac]vis smooth; akin to Gr. lei^os.] To make smooth in various senses: (a) To free from grit; to reduce to an impalpable powder or paste. (b) To mix thoroughly, as liquids or semiliquids. (c) To polish. (d) To make smooth in action. [bd] When use hath levigated the organs.[b8] --Barrow. (e) Technically, to make smooth by rubbing in a moist condition between hard surfaces, as in grinding pigments. | |
