Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aerate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aerate \A"["e]r*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {A["e]rated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {A["e]rating}.] [Cf. F. a['e]rer. See {Air}, v. t.]
1. To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid
gas, formerly called fixed air.
His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from a["e]rated
natural fountains. --Carlyle.
2. To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to a["e]rate
soil; to a["e]rate water.
3. (Physiol.) To expose to the chemical action of air; to
oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize.
{A["e]rated bread}, bread raised by charging dough with
carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the
dough by fermentation.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aerate
v 1: expose to fresh air, as of old clothing; "aerate your old
sneakers" [syn: {air out}, {air}]
2: aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that
decompose organic matter [syn: {activate}]
3: impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen; "oxygenate
blood" [syn: {oxygenate}, {oxygenize}, {oxygenise}]
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