elixate Meaning, Definition & Usage

E*lix"ate transitive verb
Etymology
L. elixatus, p. p. of elixare to seethe, fr. elixus thoroughly boiled; e + lixare to boil, lix ashes.
Definitions
  1. To boil; to seethe; hence, to extract by boiling or seething. Obs. Cockeram.

Webster 1913