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Verb: elutriate  i'loo-tree`eyt
  1. To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing
    "US Environmental Protection Agency have developed an elutriate test that is a simplified"

Derived forms: elutriated, elutriating, elutriates

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