LIXIV'IAL, LIXIV'IATE, LIXIV'IATED, adjective 1. Pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts. 2. Impregnated with salts from wood ashes. LIXIV'IATE, verb transitive [Latin lixivia, lixivium, lye.] To form lye; to impregnate with lye; to impregnate with salts from wood ashes. Water is lixiviated by passing through ashes.
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