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Aerate

verb
(past & past part. aerated; pres. part. aerating)
1.
Expose to fresh air.  Synonyms: air, air out.
2.
Aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter.  Synonym: activate.
3.
Impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen.  Synonyms: oxygenate, oxygenise, oxygenize.



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"Aerate" Quotes from Famous Books



... unquestionably did, such thoughts of her had been implanted in him, and lay in him. Stifled as they were, they lay in him like seeds too deep for germination, which accident might some day bring near the surface and aerate ...
— Two on a Tower • Thomas Hardy



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