[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

aerate \a""erate\, v. t. imp.  p. p. a"erated; p. pr. 
   vb. n. a"erating. cf. f. a'erer. see air, v. t.
   1. to combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid
      gas, formerly called fixed air.
      1913 webster

            his sparkling sallies bubbled up as from a"erated
            natural fountains.                    --carlyle.
      1913 webster

   2. to supply or impregnate with common air; as, to a"erate
      soil; to a"erate water.
      1913 webster

   3. physiol. to expose to the chemical action of air; to
      oxygenate the blood by respiration; to arterialize.
      1913 webster

   4. cause a change by passing air through of sewage

   syn: activate
        wordnet 1.5

   a"erated bread, bread raised by charging dough with
      carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the
      dough by fermentation.
      1913 webster
see also:
a"erated a"erating air a"erated bread 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

aerate
     v 1: expose to fresh air; "aerate your old sneakers" syn: air
          out, air
     2: aerate sewage so as to favor the growth of organisms that
        decompose organic matter syn: activate
     3: impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen; "oxygenate
        blood" syn: oxygenate, oxygenize, oxygenise
see also:
air out air activate oxygenate oxygenize oxygenise 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

53 moby thesaurus words for "aerate":
   aerify, air, air out, air-condition, air-cool, airify, atomize,
   beat, carbonate, chlorinate, cream, cross-ventilate, distill, emit,
   etherify, etherize, evaporate, exhale, fan, fluidize, foam,
   fractionate, freshen, froth, fume, fumigate, gasify, give off,
   hydrogenate, lather, mantle, oxygenate, oxygenize, perfume, reek,
   refresh, scum, send out, smoke, spray, spume, steam, sublimate,
   sublime, sud, suds, vaporize, ventilate, volatilize, whip, whisk,
   wind, winnow

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