levigate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make smooth or polish. transitive
  2. To make into a smooth paste or fine powder. transitive
  3. To separate finer grains from coarser ones by suspension in a liquid. transitive
  4. To lighten. rare,transitive
  5. To belittle. rare,transitive
  6. To render mild; to alleviate, assuage. obsolete
  7. past participle of levigate form-of,obsolete,participle,past
    — […] whereby his labours beinge leuigate and made moꝛe tollerable he ſhall gouerne with the better aduiſe and conſequently with a moꝛe perfecte gouernance.
形容词 adj.
  1. Smooth.

词形变化

levigates present,singular,third-person levigating participle,present levigated participle,past levigated past laevigate alternative,nonstandard lævigate alternative,nonstandard more levigate comparative most levigate superlative laevigate alternative,nonstandard lævigate alternative,nonstandard

词汇关系

衍生词
levigator unlevigated

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Latin lēvigātus, perfect passive participle of Latin lēvigō (“to smoothen”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from lēvis (“smooth”).
词源 2
Borrowed from Latin lēvigātus, perfect passive participle of Latin lēvigō (“to smoothen”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from lēvis (“smooth”).
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