AERATE

An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary · 1891 · p. 2

v. tr, A’e?r-at. From aer, air. Fr., aérer. Ger., auslüften. It., aerificare. 1. To supply with air, especially new or fresh air; fo ventilate. & To charge with gas, especially carbon dioxide; to expose to the action of carbon dioxide. 3. To arterialize; first used in this sense by Erasmus Darwin (1794). [B;