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† eˈventilate, v. Obs.
[f. L. ēventilāt- ppl. stem of ēventilā-re to fan, f. ē- out + ventilāre to fan: see ventilate. Cf. OF. eventiler.]
1. trans. To expose to the wind or air; to fan; to winnow (corn); to aerate (blood).
1623in Cockeram. 1657Phys. Dict., Eventilated, fanned, cooled, or clensed by the wind. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. vi. 185 The Symptoms..were caused by Bloud fermenting too much, and not eventilated enough. 1706in Phillips; hence in Ash, etc.
2. fig. To lay open to discussion; to discuss; to ventilate.
1657Howell Londinop. 377 It is nowhere so narrowly discussed and eventilated. 1669Addr. Yng. Gentry Eng. 136 This is a subject so copiously and methodically else⁓where..eventilated.
b. (See quot.: not in the Law Dicts.)
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Eventilate..in a Law-sense, to estimate, prize, or value an Estate or Inheritance. |