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   Fil·trate

   /ˈfilˌtrāt/

   

   noun

   • 1. a liquid which has passed through a filter: "filtrates of bacterial cultures"

   verb

   • 1. filter: rare "the remaining alkali is filtrated"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from modern Latin filtrat- ‘filtered’, from the verb filtrare, from medieval Latin filtrum (see filter).

   Scrabble Points: 11

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