Levigated

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Levigate \Lev"i*gate\ (-g[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Levigated}
     (-g[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Levigating}.] [L.
     levigatus, p. p. of levigare to make smooth, fr. l[=e]vis
     smooth; akin to Gr. lei^os.]
     To make smooth in various senses:
     (a) To free from grit; to reduce to an impalpable powder or


         paste.
     (b) To mix thoroughly, as liquids or semiliquids.
     (c) To polish.
     (d) To make smooth in action. " When use hath levigated the
         organs." --Barrow.
     (e) Technically, to make smooth by rubbing in a moist
         condition between hard surfaces, as in grinding pigments.
         [1913 Webster]