levigate

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LEV'IGATE, verb transitive [Latin lavigo, from lavis, smooth, Gr.] 1. In pharmacy and chimistry, to rub or grind to a fine impalpable powder; to make fine, soft and smooth. 2. To plane; to polish. LEV'IGATE, adjective Made smooth.
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