Irrigate /(?)/

Ir·ri·gate

Irrigate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Irrigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Irrigating

  1. To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew.
  2. To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels. (Agric.)
  3. To rinse (a wound, infected area, etc.) with a flow or spray of a liquid. (Med.)