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Verb: lixiviate  lik'si-vee,eyt
  1. 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

Derived forms: lixiviated, lixiviating, lixiviates