ELUTRIATE

Etymology

Verb

elutriate (third-person singular simple present elutriates, present participle elutriating, simple past and past participle elutriated)

to decant; to purify something by straining it

to separate great and small particles through an upwardly flowing liquid or vapid stream

Anagrams

• tutelarie

Source: Wiktionary

E*lu"tri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elutriated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elutriating.] Etym: [L. elutriatus, p. p. of elutriare.]

Definition: To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition