The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lixiviate \Lix*iv"i*ate\, Lixivited \Lix*iv"i*`ted\, a. [From Lixivium.]
Of or pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.
Impregnated with salts from wood ashes.
--Boyle.
Lixiviate \Lix*iv"i*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lixiviated; p. pr. & vb. n. Lixiviating.] To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes, for the purpose of extracting the alkaline substances.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1758, from past participle stem of Modern Latin lixiviare, from Latin lixivium, neuter of lixivius "made into lye," from lix "ashes, lye."
Wiktionary
1 Of or relating to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts. 2 impregnate with salts from wood ashes. v
To separate (a substance) into soluble and insoluble components through percolation; to leach.
Usage examples of "lixiviate".
It continued in use as long as men were unacquainted with the art of lixiviating salt, or, in other words, as long as they had no vitriol manufactories.