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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.