subirrigate

subirrigate
/sub ir"i gayt'/, v.t., subirrigated, subirrigating.
to irrigate beneath the surface of the ground, as with water passing through a system of underground porous pipes or transmitted through the subsoil from ditches, etc.
[1900-05, Amer.; SUB- + IRRIGATE]

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