percolate

[pioneer]

percolate   

per·co·late [púrkə làyt]
verb (past and past participle per·co·lat·ed, present participle per·co·lat·ing, 3rd person present singular per·co·lates) or
[púrkə làyt]
1.  transitive and intransitive verb pass through filter: to make a liquid or gas pass through a filter or porous substance, or filter through in this way
2.  intransitive verb pass through slowly: to pass slowly through something or spread throughout a place
I let the idea percolate through my mind.

3.  transitive and intransitive verb make coffee: to prepare coffee in a percolator, or undergo preparation in a percolator
4.  intransitive verb U.S. be lively: to be lively, active, or energetic (informal)

noun (plural per·co·lates) or
[púrkə lət, púrkə làyt]
U.S. something percolated: a liquid that has been percolated

[Early 17th century. < Latin percolat-, past participle of percolare "sieve through" < colare "to sieve" < colum "sieve"]

-per·co·la·ble, adjective
-per·co·la·tion [pùrkə láysh'n], noun
-per·co·la·tive [púrkÉ™ làytiv], adjective 

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