Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aerated"
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)
aerated
adj 1: (of a liquid) treated by having air passed or bubbled
through it for purification
2: (physiology) used of tissues or especially blood; supplied
with oxygen by respiration [syn: {oxygenated}]
3: supplied with carbon dioxide [syn: {charged}]
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