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en principe (iou) and aerate (medicine)


en principe (iou)



en principe adverbial phr. [ prsip] E20.
[French.]
In principle.

aerate (medicine)


aerate


1. To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air. "His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from aerated natural fountains." (Carlyle)

2. To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aerate soil; to aerate water.

3. <physiology> To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize. Aerated bread, bread raised by charging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the dough by fermentation.

Origin: Cf. F. Aerer. See Air.

Source: Websters Dictionary