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aerify, v.|ˈɛərɪfaɪ|
[f. L. āer air + -fy.]
1. To turn into vapour; to make aeriform.
fig.1821New Monthly Mag. II. 362 The first symptoms of that spirit of insubordination..were probably viewed with equal contempt by the living..and by their aerified predecessors. 1891‘L. Malet’ Wages of Sin II. v. iv. 224 The aerified pleasure-seeking little world of Tullingworth.
2. ‘To combine with air; to infuse air into, to fill with air.’ Craig 1847. = aerate.
1858Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XIX. 82 Lungs which aërify their blood. |