Definition for LEV'I-GATE

LEV'I-GATE, v.t. [L. lævigo, from lævis, smooth, Gr. λειος.]

  1. In pharmacy and chimistry, to rub or grind to a fine impalpable powder; to make fine, soft and smooth.
  2. To plane; to polish. – Barrow.

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