levigateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• laevigate, lævigate (nonstandard)

語源

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”).

発音

verb

• IPA: /ˈlɛvɪɡeɪt/

adjective

• IPA: /ˈlɛvɪɡət/

動詞

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.
6. (obsolete) To render mild; to alleviate, assuage.
7. (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.

派生語

形容詞

levigate (comparative more levigate, superlative most levigate)

1. Smooth.

Participle

lēvigāte

1. vocative masculine singular of lēvigātus