Definition of ravigote

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ra·vi·gote also ra·vi·gotte    (r-v-gôt) KEY 

NOUN:

A vinegar sauce seasoned with minced onion, capers, and herbs, used with boiled meats or fish.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French, from ravigoter, to add new vigor, alteration of obsolete ravigorer, from Old French : re-, re- + a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + vigeur, vigor ; see vigor