e·lu·tri·ate (ĭ-ltrē-āt)
tr.v. e·lu·tri·at·ed, e·lu·tri·at·ing, e·lu·tri·ates
► To purify, separate, or remove (ore, for example) by washing, decanting, and settling.
► To wash away the lighter or finer particles of (soil, for example).

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elutriate
[Latin elutriāre, elutriāt- (from *elutrium, vat, bath, from Greek *elutrion, diminutive of elutron, cover, sheath, tank. See elytron), or ēltriāre(from *ēltor, one who washes, from ēluere, to wash out. See elute).]

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elutriate
e·lutri·ation n.

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