IRRIGATED

Verb

irrigated

simple past tense and past participle of irrigate

Source: Wiktionary


IRRIGATE

Ir"ri*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Irrigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Irrigating.] Etym: [L. irrigatus, p. p. of irrigare to irrigate: ir- in + rigare to water; prob. akin to E. rain. See Rain.]

1. To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew.

2. (Agric.)

Definition: To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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