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Aerate v. t. (past & past part. aerated; pres. part. aerating)

To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air. "His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from aerated natural fountains."

To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aerate soil; to aerate water.

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

Cause a change by passing air through (of sewage)

Synonyms: activate

Aerated bread, bread raised by charging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the dough by fermentation.

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Etymology of 'Aerate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Aerate" Quotes from Famous Books

... and Beverages: Drink, if possible, pure spring water. If this cannot be obtained, sterilize the water, or distil and aerate it; it must be pure and soft. Better still: drink toast- or rice-water; kefyr, four days old; koumiss; lactic-acid water; zoolak; egg lemonade; sterilized milk with one third lime-water; whortleberry wine; ...

— Intestinal Ills • Alcinous Burton Jamison

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