ir´ri|ga´tor

ir|ri|gate «IHR uh gayt», verb, -gat|ed, -gat|ing.

–v.t.

1. to supply (land) with water by using ditches, by flooding, or by sprinkling: »

After a desert is irrigated, crops will grow there.

2. to supply (a wound or a cavity in the body) with a continuous flow of some liquid: »

The doctor showed her how to irrigate her nose and throat with hot water.

3. Figurative. to refresh or make fruitful as if with a supply of moisture.

–v.i.

to supply lands, wounds, or a cavity in the body, with water or other liquid: »

Is it time for the farmer to irrigate?

╂[< Latin irrigāre (with English -ate¹) < in- into + rigāre moisten, conduct water]

–ir´ri|ga´tor, noun.