Aerate

ā′ėr-āt, v.t. to put air into: to supply, or cause to mix, with carbonic acid or other gas, as Aerated waters .— ns. A′erator , an apparatus for such purpose; Aerā′tion , exposure to the action of air: the mixing or saturating with a gas: the oxygenation of the blood by respiration. [L. aër , air.]