levigate
Smooth.
Adjective
- Smooth.
Origin
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”).
Forms
Verb
- To make smooth or polish.
- To make into a smooth paste or fine powder.
- To separate finer grains from coarser ones by suspension in a liquid.
- To lighten.
- To belittle.
- To render mild; to alleviate, assuage.
- past participle of levigate
- […] whereby his labours beinge leuigate and made moꝛe tollerable he ſhall gouerne with the better aduiſe and conſequently with a moꝛe perfecte gouernance. - 1531, Thomas Elyot, chapter 1, in The Boke Named the Governour...