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单词 fumigate
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fumigatev.

Brit. /ˈfjuːmᵻɡeɪt/, U.S. /ˈfjuməˌɡeɪt/
Etymology: < Latin fūmigāt- participial stem of fūmigāre to smoke, < fūmus fume n.
1.
a. transitive. To apply smoke or fumes to; esp. to disinfect or purify by exposure to smoke or fumes.
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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
1781 W. Cowper Let. 18 Sept. (1979) I. 521 You never fumigate the Ladies, or force them out of company.
1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. ii. i. 136 The silks..are fumigated with sulphur.
1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 460 Acid fumigations bid fair to stop the progress of the complaint..though it might not always have been proper to fumigate the apartments of the sick.
1845 Florist's Jrnl. 6 170 Let them [plants] be frequently well fumigated.
figurative.1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iii. xix. 7 These fine words with which we fumigate..unpleasant facts.
b. To scent with fumes; to perfume.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > impart perfume [verb (transitive)]
embalm1447
aromatize1480
fumea1483
incense?1504
fumigate1530
perfume1539
suffume1540
scent1567
aromatizate1576
sweetena1586
suffumigate1599
frot1608
inodorate1623
suffite1657
essencificate1658
essence1675
essencify1707
balmify1733
odoriferize1824
fragrance1854
reperfume1885
smeech1897
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 559/2 I fumygate a place with a swete fumygacion, je enfume or je parfume. Let the place be well fumygate, or ever they come.
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. ii. sig. Cv You must be bath'd, and fumigated, first. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 132 With fragrant Thyme the City fumigate . View more context for this quotation
1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians I. v. 171 The Egyptians take great delight in perfumes; and often fumigate their apartments.
1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. v. 259 The Cathedral had been thoroughly fumigated with frankincense.
c. ‘To medicate or heal by vapours’ (Johnson). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by gas, air, or fumes > treat by gas, air, or fumes [verb (transitive)] > subject to fumes or vapour
evapour1543
evaporate1583
fumigate1713
1713 A. Pope Narr. Robert Norris 15 Fumigate him, I say, this very Evening, while he is relieved by an Interval.
2. To extract in fumes, vaporize. Obsolete. rare.
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1663 [see fumigated adj. at Derivatives].
3. To darken (oak) by the process of fuming. See fuming n. b.

Derivatives

ˈfumigated adj.
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the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > [adjective] > connected with or producing vaporization > vaporized
vaporate1660
fumigated1663
aerified1785
vaporized1839
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [adjective] > oak > fumed
fumigated1663
fumé1895
1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. v. vii. 183 I shall only subjoyn this secret, which a friend of mine practises in preserving the fumigated Juyces of Herbs.
1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
18.. Beck's Jrnl. Dec. Art 2 346 A high dado, 8 ft. high, of fumigated oak.
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