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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: aerate v : aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter [syn: {activate}]
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