Perculate vs. Percolate

Perculate

Misspelling of percolate.

Percolateverb

(transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.

Percolateverb

(intransitive) To drain or seep through a porous substance.

‘Water percolates through sand.’;

Percolateverb

(transitive) To make (coffee) in a percolator.

‘I'll percolate some coffee.’;

Percolateverb

To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.

‘Reports on the pitiful state of many prisons have finally percolated through to the Home Office, which has promised to look into the situation.’; ‘Through media reports it percolated to the surface that the police investigation was profoundly flawed.’;

Percolatenoun

(rare) A liquid that has been percolated.

Percolateverb

To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain.

Percolateverb

To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone.

Percolatenoun

the product of percolation

Percolateverb

permeate or penetrate gradually;

‘the fertilizer leached into the ground’;

Percolateverb

spread gradually;

‘Light percolated into our house in the morning’;

Percolateverb

prepare in a percolator;

‘percolate coffee’;

Percolateverb

cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent

Percolateverb

pass through;

‘Water permeates sand easily’;

Percolateverb

gain or regain energy;

‘I picked up after a nap’;