Why "elutriate"? Why not plain old "elute"?
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ELUTRIATE

PRONUNCIATION:
(i/ee/uh-LOO-tree-ayt)

MEANING:
verb tr.: To purify or separate, especially by washing or by straining.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin elutriare (to wash out). Earliest documented use: 1731.
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ELUCTRIATE - avoidable

ELUTRIAGE - using a filter to decide what's a goner, what's treatable, and what'll be OK without further intervention

ELUTHIATE - to saturate something with sulfur by passing it through a column of special resin

MELUTRIATE - to seprate honey into three portions