fumifyv.
/ˈfjuːmɪfʌɪ/ rare.
transitive (jocularly) To fumigate.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > disinfecting > disinfect [verb (transitive)] > fumigate
smokec1000
smeekOE
besmokea1398
fumec1400
suffounge1490
perfume1538
fumifya1704
fumigate1781
stove1805
pastille1846
a1704 T. Brown Lett. from Dead (new ed.) in Wks. (1707) II. ii. 81 We had every one ramm'd a full charge of Sot-weed into our infernal Guns, in order to fumifie our Immortalities.
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