Aerate

['eəreɪt] or ['ɛret]

Definition

(v. t.) To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.

(v. t.) To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aerate soil; to aerate water.

(v. t.) To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize.

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Definition

v.t. to put air into: to supply or cause to mix with carbonic acid or other gas as Aerated waters.—ns. A′erator an apparatus for such purpose; Aerā′tion exposure to the action of air: the mixing or saturating with a gas: the oxygenation of the blood by respiration.

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