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Webster 1913 Edition
Aerate
A′ër-ate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Aërated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Aërating
.] 1.
To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.
His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from
aërated
natural fountains. Carlyle.
2.
To supply or impregnate with common air;
as, to
aërate
soil; to aërate
water.3.
(Physiol.)
To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize.
Aërated bread
, bread raised by charging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the dough by fermentation.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aerate
A'ERATE
,Verb.
T.