levigate

• laevigate, lævigate (nonstandard)

Borrowed from Latin lēvigātus, perfect passive participle of Latin lēvigō (“to smoothen”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from lēvis (“smooth”).

verb

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛvɪɡeɪt/

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adjective

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛvɪɡət/

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levigate (third-person singular simple present levigates, present participle levigating, simple past and past participle levigated)

1. (transitive) To make smooth or polish.
2. (transitive) To make into a smooth paste or fine powder.
4. (transitive) To separate finer grains from coarser ones by suspension in a liquid.
5. (transitive, rare) To lighten.
6. (transitive, rare) To belittle.
7. (obsolete) To render mild; to alleviate, assuage.
8. (obsolete) past participle of levigate [1531]
   • 1531, Thomas Elyot, chapter 1, in The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC, 1st boke, folio 13, verso:

     […] whereby his labours beinge leuigate and made moꝛe tollerable he ſhall gouerne with the better aduiſe and conſequently with a moꝛe perfecte gouernance.

levigate (comparative more levigate, superlative most levigate)

1. Smooth.

levigate

1. inflection of levigare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

levigate f pl

1. feminine plural of levigato

• legatevi, vegetali, vegliate

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫeː.wɪˈɡaː.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [le.viˈɡaː.te]

lēvigāte

1. vocative masculine singular of lēvigātus

levigate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of levigar combined with te