a["e]rate

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from a["e]rated natural fountains.— Carlyle.[1913 Webster]

2.To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to a["e]rate soil; to a["e]rate water. [1913 Webster]

3.(Physiol.) To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize. [1913 Webster]

4.cause a change by passing air through (of sewage)

Syn: activate [WordNet 1.5]

A["e]rated bread, bread raised by charging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the dough by fermentation. [1913 Webster]

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