Bible Dictionaries
Aerate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aerate soil; to aerate water.

(2):

(v. t.) To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize.

(3):

(v. t.) To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Aerate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/aerate.html. 1828.