aerate

From Latin aer (“air”) + English -ate. Compare French aérer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːɹeɪt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɛːˈɹeɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

aerate (third-person singular simple present aerates, present participle aerating, simple past and past participle aerated)

1. (transitive) To supply with oxygen or air.

   Blood is aerated in the lungs.

2. (ambitransitive) To bubble or sparge with a gas, especially oxygen or air.

   Carbon dioxide aerated the drink and made it fizzy.

3. (transitive) To incorporate a gas, especially oxygen or air, into a solid or semisolid material.

   The mousse was aerated by beating rapidly.

• AA tree

aerate

1. inflection of aerare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

aerate f pl

1. feminine plural of aerato

aerāte

1. vocative masculine singular of aerātus

aerate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of aerar combined with te