levigate

• laevigate, lævigate (nonstandard)

From lēvigātus, past participle of Latin lēvigō (“I smoothen”), 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.
3. (transitive) To separate finer grains from coarser ones by suspension in a liquid.
4. (transitive, rare) To lighten.
5. (transitive, rare) To belittle.

levigate (comparative more levigate, superlative most levigate)

1. Smooth.
2. (rare) Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated.
   • 1531, Thomas Elyot, edited by Ernest Rhys, The Boke Named the Governour […] (Everyman’s Library), London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Co; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Co, published [1907], →OCLC:

     his labours beinge levigate

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) IPA^(key): /leː.u̯iˈɡaː.te/, [ɫ̪eːu̯ɪˈɡäːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /le.viˈɡa.te/, [leviˈɡäːt̪e]

lēvigāte

1. vocative masculine singular of lēvigātus

levigate

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