† ventilateadj.
Obsolete. rare.
As past participle: discussed or debated; thoroughly sifted or ventilated.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [adjective] > of or relating to discussion > discussed
ventilate?a1475
talked-about1919
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 299 This Foroneus ordeynede..causes to be ventilate afore a iugge.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 141 A cause was ventilate and movede thro the commaundemente of the pope.
1528 in Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Ref., Rec. (1865) I. 126 All the matter declared and ventilate.
1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 12 Courtes..where the said mattier nowe beyng in contencion..shall happen to be ventilate, commensed, or begunne.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
ventilatev.
/ˈvɛntᵻleɪt/, U.S. /ˈvɛn(t)əˌleɪt/ I. Senses relating to the passage of air.† 1. transitive. Of wind: to blow (something) away; to scatter. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > set (air) in motion [verb (transitive)] > blow out, away, or apart
overblowa1387
ventilatea1440
blast1548
difflate1590
exsufflate1666
whuffle1906
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > of the wind
to-wowe13..
to-blowa1400
ventilatea1440
c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 8 (MED) Of iiii wyndys, remembrith Zacharie seiynge..‘The Angle..seide to me, these ben the hornnys that shall blowe and ventilatte [L. ventilaverunt] Iude, Israel, and Ierusalem’.
2.
a. † (b) transitive. To open (a superficial vein), esp. to expose the blood to air. Cf. to breathe a vein at breathe v. Phrases 3. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
(a) transitive. Originally: †to provide air to (the body or a part of the body), as a means either of increasing heat or vital spirit, or of reducing heat (obsolete). In later use: to expose (blood) to air or to a specific gas, esp. as a means of taking in oxygen and eliminating carbon dioxide. Cf. ventilation n. 4a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > gas > air > [verb (transitive)] > expose to or supply with
aerate1791
aerify1826
the world > life > the body > vascular system > circulation > circulate [verb (transitive)] > oxygenate
eventilate1601
ventilate1668
aerate1794
1601 S. Harward Phlebotomy i. iv. 18 Doctor Bright doth thinke requisite that in the first day of intermission (to ventilate the body) 6. or 8. ounces of bloud be taken.
1612 J. Cotta Short Discouerie Dangers Ignorant Practisers Physicke iii. i. 120 Nature cannot either open the necessarie veine, or ventilate or euacuate the corrupt bloud from the bruised part.
1671 H. Stubbe Epistolary Disc. Phlebotomy 81 'Tis imprudent and dangerous to promote sweat, till Phlebotomy be premised: for thereby the febrile heat will be mitigated, obstructions removed, the blood ventilated and capable of a further rarefaction in order to sweat.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) When the Bloud is ventilated and purged from oppressing Vapours.
1850 J. Turnbull Inq. how Far Consumption Curable (ed. 2) iv. 58 The lungs ventilate and purify the blood, by removing carbonic acid and water in the form of vapour.
1885 W. Stirling tr. L. Landois Man. Human Physiol. II. xiii. 880 When the blood is freely ventilated with N or H, the amount of CO2 in the blood may even be diminished.
1944 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 22 Jan. 106/2 The most important disturbance of function in emphysema is an inability to ventilate the blood.
2010 S. Gunaydin in T. Gourlay & R. A. Black Biomaterials & Devices for Circulatory Syst. vi. 145 They..kept the blood fluid with newly available heparin, warmed the circuit by multiple water jackets, and ventilated the blood by a rotating cylinder oxygenator that they invented.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > bloodletting > let blood of [verb (transitive)] > by venesection > cut a vein
strike1580
ventilate1706
broach1817
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) To ventilate a vein, i.e. to breath or open it.
b. transitive. To supply air to (the lungs or parts of the lungs); to move air or specific gases into and out of (the lungs, gills, or other respiratory structures) by natural or artificial means. Cf. ventilation n. 4b.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > types of treatment generally > apply type of treatment [verb (transitive)] > artificially ventilate
ventilate1919
bag1964
1695 J. Pechey Store-house Physical Pract. lvii. 147 In curing this Feaver I count I am oblidged to take away that Blood by Phlebotomy..and to ventilate and open the Lungs with Pectoral Remedies.
1782 Public Advertiser 26 Feb. He sings Hymns all the Day long, and says he does it by Prescription to ventilate his Lungs, and quicken the Circulation of his nervous Fluids.
1881 F. H. Champneys in Medico-chirurg. Trans. 64 85 The methods of Marshall Hall and Howard are useless as means of directly ventilating the lungs of stillborn children.
1927 Nature 9 Apr. 523/2 In the second one, on the respiration of insects.., the function of the spiracles and the movements which ventilate the tracheæ are discussed.
1946 J. F. Fulton Howell's Textbk. Physiol. (ed. 15) xxxix. 871 Under normal rest conditions..5·6 litres of air..are available to ventilate the alveoli.
1971 Nature 21 May 181/1 When necessary the lungs were ventilated mechanically with a Palmer respiration pump.
2006 A. G. van der Valk Biol. Freshwater Wetlands iv. 78 They swim to the surface of the water to ventilate their gills in the thin layer of oxygenated water adjacent to the air-water interface.
c. transitive. To move air or specific gases into and out of the lungs of (a person or animal) by the use of a device or machine.Cf. earlier ventilated adj. 3.
ΘΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > types of treatment generally > apply type of treatment [verb (transitive)] > artificially ventilate
ventilate1919
bag1964
1914 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 205 375 The animal being ventilated artificially meanwhile.
1975 Nature 23 Oct. 674/1 Animals were artificially ventilated with a mixture of N2O–O2–CO2.
2020 Canberra Times (Nexis) 23 May This [sc. the number of patients in hospital with COVID] is up from 89 on the day before, with three in intensive care and two being ventilated.
3. transitive. To expose (grain or other substances) to the wind so that the lighter particles (as chaff or other unwanted material) are separated or blown away; to winnow. Also in figurative contexts. Now historical.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [verb (transitive)] > winnow
fanc1000
van1340
winnow1382
windle14..
wim1455
wimble1553
ventilate1609
dight?1611
eventilate1623
wind1786
wecht1804
1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 323 Yet is it not the peeuish..tongue of Father Parsons, that must Ventilate the Corne of this Floore, to trie whether I bee chaffe or wheate.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. v. 128 As flies the chaff..O'er all the consecrated floor, what time Ripe Ceres with brisk airs her golden grain Ventilates.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 226/1 It is required..not merely that we place the grain in a garner, but that we ventilate and sift it; that we separate the full from the empty.
2012 M. Iofis Disna's Abramsons & Descendants 24 We unloaded the wheat at the collector and continued working with shovels to ventilate the grain.
4. transitive. To increase (a fire or flame) by blowing or fanning to provide oxygen. In early use chiefly figurative and in figurative contexts.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > make a fire > direct current of air into fire
blowa1300
puffc1475
bellows1605
wind1605
ventilate1613
fan1887
1613 T. Jackson Eternall Truth Script. i. 144 They blow the fire which it had kindled, ventilating and inlarging the deuouring flame.
1649 E. Sparke in J. Shute Sarah & Hagar To Rdr. sig. bv Pouring out the water of his tears upon our common Flames, which others ventilated.
1680 R. Boyle Aerial Noctiluca viii. 79 By the commotion of the Air, occasioned by the pumping, the flame would be as it were ventilated, and blown up, or made to shine more vividly.
1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 34 So will Devotion [languish] too if it have not vent by good Discourse, which Fans and Ventilates its Holy Fire.
1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 31 Speech ventilates our Intellectual fire.
1802 Windsor (Vermont) Federal Gaz. 3 Aug. Reasoning with men whose incorrigibility is proverbial..only ventilates the Flame which bigotry keeps alive.
1872 Chicago Daily Tribune 18 Nov. 8/4 To monumentalize these narrow corridors with some of the highest business-blocks in the world seems..merely to have erected flues to guide and ventilate the fire.
1974 Morning Herald (Hagerstown, Maryland) 28 Aug. 1/1 They attributed the rapid spread of the fire to the building's wood interior, its age, and an elevator shaft which helped ventilate the flames.
2013 F. Burton & S. M. Katz Under Fire xv. 158 The gaping hole in the main door..ventilated the fire and let it breathe and grow.
5. transitive. To set (air) in motion; to renew or freshen in this way.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > set (air) in motion [verb (transitive)]
ventilate1635
the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > freshen (air) [verb (transitive)]
ventilate1635
1631 ‘A. B.’ tr. L. Lessius Rawleigh his Ghost i. vii. 65 And first of Wynds..they ventilate and fan the ayre, and so make it more wholsome to be breathed in.
1635 H. Valentine Foure Sea-serm. 41 If a man have a fan in his hand he may ventilate and agitate the still ayre into a winde.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iv. 180 To keep constant fires under-ground to purifie and ventilate the Ayr.
1710 J. B. Let. to Sacheverell 4 You..seem to fight Blindfold,..and by thus ventilating and beating the Air,..expose your own Persons.
1775 E. Barry Observ. Wines Ancients 403 Putrid exhalations in low marshy ground..where the air is not ventilated.
1866 G. Hartwig Harmonies of Nature iii. 18 While the sun thus perpetually ventilates the air on a truly magnificent scale, the unequal warmth of the various bodies which clothe the surface of the earth likewise causes a constant agitation of the atmosphere.
1993 H. Hammond Pot Pourri 53 Fan assisted ovens are ideal as they ventilate the air around the fruit.
2013 Economist 5 Jan. 24/1 The train that arrives four times a day in the terminal does so only to ventilate the air and carries no people.
6. transitive. Of a current of air: to blow upon (something). Of air: to pass over or circulate through, esp. so as to purify or freshen.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > freshen (air) [verb (transitive)] > of air: to ventilate (a thing or place)
perflatec1540
ventilate1695
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > ventilation and air-conditioning > condition air [verb (transitive)] > ventilate > ventilate (of air)
ventilate1695
1651 R. Child Large Let. in S. Hartlib Legacie 18 Cut down the trees about your ground, and your hedges low, that the wind may ventilate your Corne.
1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 207 The Air, which ventilates and cools the Mines.
1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 426 That air and sun, Admitted freely, may..ventilate and warm the swelling buds.
1810 A. Boswell Edinburgh 33 Sweeping breezes ventilate each street.
1835 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (ed. 2) xxv. 267 Neither can the warmth of mines be attributed to the condensation of the currents of air which ventilate them.
1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius ii. 37 Strabo describes it as ventilated by the south-west wind.
1879 J. Fayrer Notes Visits to India 24 This is the hottest day we have had, but the head wind ventilates the ship.
1992 Observer 15 Nov. 61/1 Air ventilates the inner ear, and the eardrum can vibrate normally.
2012 Financial Times 2 June (Life & Arts section) 7/2 They [sc. The 108 cottages] are spacious and ventilated by sea breezes in all but the hottest weeks of late March and April.
7. transitive. To expose (something) to fresh air so as to retain or restore good condition.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > freshen (air) [verb (transitive)] > expose to fresh air
weatherc1440
air1530
wither1544
ventilate1756
1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) ii. xxvii. 1100 Some to avoid Moths, ventilate their garments in the hot Sun-shine.
1756 S. Hales in Philos. Trans. 1755 (Royal Soc.) 49 344 I ventilated three gallons of stinking Jessops-well purging water.
1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry III. 123 This corn..was not ventilated more than six days in a year.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 86/1 Thy carcase did not even receive a fly-blow... Thy guardian angel..could not ventilate thee better.
1855 Poultry Chron. 3 449 The wheat should be kept cool, well ventilated, and frequently moved.
1963 Daily Mail 28 Oct. 13/8 Air is blown through underfloor ducts to dry the grain and ventilate the potatoes.
2002 Sunday Times 1 Dec. (Homes section) 42/3 At the Granary..intricately styled small window apertures..were intended to ventilate the grain that was once spread on every floor.
8. intransitive. To discharge or release waste substances, as fumes, smoke, gas, liquid, etc. Cf. vent v.2 2a. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (intransitive)] > let out or discharge (smoke or exhalations)
ventilate1698
vent1756
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 39 The Lamps always burning, are by open Funnels above suffered to ventilate.
1891 R. Miller Guide Procedure Dean Guild Court Edinb. 80 In connection with every cattle-shed, cow-house, or byre there shall be provided receptacles..for the storage of dung or litter; and no such receptacle shall..ventilate into the cattle-shed, cow-house, or byre.
1909 Royal Comm. Poor Laws: App. XVI. 148 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 4653) XLIII. 1 The houses, in themselves damp and dirty, are made worse by insanitary conveniences ventilating into them.
1988 Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statem.: Biol. Def. Res. Program (U.S. Dept. Army Med. Res. & Devel. Command) App. 13 v. 9 The airlock is allowed to ventilate into the surrounding corridor..during which time posted signs warn of the possible presence of irritating vapors.
9.
a. transitive. To supply (a room, building, mine, ship, etc.) with fresh air in place of that which is stale, stagnant, or noxious; to cause air to enter and circulate freely in (an enclosed space) so as to maintain a fresh supply. Cf. ventilator n. 2.
ΘΠ
the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > freshen (air) [verb (transitive)] > supply with fresh air or ventilate
vent1601
ventilate1758
waffa1878
1742 G. Cheyne Nat. Method cureing Dis. iii. iv. 262 Have his Windows exposed to South or West, and his Bed-chamber ventilated by open Windows.
1758 S. Hales Treat. Ventilators 39 When the Wards of the lower Floors are to be ventilated.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 639/1 The order for ventilating the fleet issued by the lords of the admiralty in 1756.
1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 217 The great object in ventilating houses which are kept at a high temperature is to avoid thorough-draughts.
1888 M. E. Braddon Fatal Three I. v. 85 How to ventilate and purify his cottages.
1964 All Hands (U.S. Bureau Naval Personnel) Nov. 4/1 Ventilate the closed space until there have been at least two complete changes of air.
1978 Pop Mech. June 132 When it's cooler outdoors than indoors, a window fan located upstairs can pull in cool outside air and exhaust warm air to ventilate the house.
2020 Irish Times (Nexis) 4 Aug. 6 It's not possible to ventilate rooms because the windows don't open.
b. intransitive. To provide a supply of fresh air, esp. in place of that which is stale, stagnant, or noxious.
Π
1784 J. Fitzpatrick Ess. Gaol-abuses 51 As to the idea of ventilating by the common wheels in doors or windows, it is absurd, for when they are most wanting, from the stagnant state of the air, they will not play.
1845 Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 1054 About the year 1741, Dr. Hales introduced a method of ventilating by bellows.
1854 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 244 A very admirable system of heating and ventilating by hot water.
1924 Domest. Engin. & Jrnl. Mech. Contracting 25 Oct. 30/2 In many buildings which are used for manufacturing purposes an attempt is frequently made to ventilate by opening the windows.
2005 Hindustan Times (Nexis) 31 Mar. It [sc. the school] has used the modern technology of ventilating with ventilators that rotate air pressure without any use of electricity.
10.
a. transitive. To fan (a person); to cool by producing a current of air, esp. with or as with a hand-held fan. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > make cold [verb (transitive)] > cool > a person, the body, or its heat
coolc1330
strangle?1527
refrigeratea1535
ventilate1805
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > make cold [verb (transitive)] > cool > by driving a current of air on > of a fan
ventilate1805
1805 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Inferno I. xv. 241 Whoever..One instant stops, lies then a hundred years, No fan to ventilate him [It. Senz' arrostarsi], when the fire Smites sorest.
1871 Daily Tel. 5 Jan. 5/2 With a fan a lady can not only ventilate herself, but ask questions, acquiesce, refuse, and express satisfaction or disgust.
2012 C. Silk Hotel Noir (e-book, accessed 26 May 2022) 37 She yanks open her fan and begins to ventilate herself with mincing flicks of the wrist.
b. transitive. Of bees: to fan fresh air into (the nest) using the wings. Of fish or other aquatic animals: to direct a flow of oxygenated water through or over (a nest, burrow, clutch of eggs, etc.).
Π
1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xxvi. 447 In the depth of winter they do not cease to ventilate the hive by the singular process of agitating their wings before described.
1852 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Oct. 247 Both guard the nest with the same unwearied perseverance, drive off enemies, make all necessary repairs, fan or ventilate the nest, and keep it in all respects in good order.
1987 M. L. Winstone Biol. Honey Bee vii. 120 As internal nest temperature rises, workers begin to ventilate the nest by fanning, evaporating water, and even partially evacuating the nest under extreme conditions.
2001 M. C. Lucas & E. Baras Migration Freshwater Fishes v. 204 They protect and ventilate the eggs with their pectoral fins until they hatch.
11.
a. transitive. Esp. in metalwork: to provide (a mould, etc.) with a vent or vents to allow the escape of air or gas. Now rare. Vent is now the more common term.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > make hole in for escape of something
vent1398
ventilate1895
1865 W. R. Lake Brit. Patent 1748 6 I also claim ventilating the mould by means of perforations m in one of the parts thereof.
1923 Minors in Automobile & Metal-Manufacturing Industries Mich. (U.S. Dept. Labor: Children's Bureau Publ. No. 126.) 69 He learns..how to ram the sand in the flasks, how to ventilate the mold, how to remove the pattern from the sand.
1959 H. Maryon Metalwork & Enamelling (ed. 4) xxviii. 214 The core has been ventilated by means of a small bundle of wax strings... The strings, of course, burn away when the mould is fired, leaving clear passages for the escape of the air.
b. transitive. In firefighting: to make openings in (a room, structure, etc.), so that hot gases and smoke are expelled and the spread of a fire is managed; to control (a fire) in this way.
Π
1911 J. Quinn in J. J. O'Reilly Fire Fighting 53 When it is necessary to ventilate or open up the roof of any building the ventilation or opening up should, where possible, be made directly over the fire.
1966 Proc. Merchant Marine Council Oct. 197/1 One of the cardinal rules is to ventilate the fire through the roof or other high opening so that internal pressures will not build up.
2004 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 5 June (News section) 3 Before we could enter we had to progressively ventilate the fire because the building had been boarded up and there was a risk of a backdraught.
2020 Spokesman Rev. (Spokane, Washington) (Nexis) 9 Apr. c4 Crews searched the house and used chainsaws to ventilate the roof.
12. slang.
a. transitive. To shoot (a person or thing) with a gun, usually to kill. Also of a bullet: to make a hole in (something).
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by shooting
shootc893
shootc1275
to blow away1523
carry1653
to shoot (a person) down1845
stop1845
blow1871
ventilate1875
Maxim1894
poop1917
to blow apart1920
smoke1926
clip1927
cowboy1941
zap1942
Sten-gun1949
to light up1967
slot1987
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into
holec1000
openOE
to make way1581
perforate?1660
to make (also have) the sun shine through1679
ventilate1917
1872 W. H. Thomes Slaver's Adventures Land & Sea vi. 99 A few of your countrymen took it into their heads that our hides wanted ventilating.
1875 C. B. Lewis Quad's Odds (ed. 2) 473 Some of our folks cleaned up their revolvers..hoping to get a shot at McGrady and to ventilate the mule.
1917 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 383/1 Several bullets ventilated the fuselage quite close to my cockpit.
1948 ‘R. Macdonald’ in H. Q. Masur Murder Most Foul (1973) 103 ‘A man was shot in one of his rooms.’.. ‘Who was it got himself ventilated?’
1979 C. Egleton Backfire ix. 98 You'd just better pray he doesn't kill somebody..because he's talking about ventilating people.
2015 MailOnline (Nexis) 23 Mar. I pulled out my automatic and was getting ready to ventilate him.
b. transitive. To stab (a person).
Π
1882 Fun 20 Dec. 256/1 You..keep a dessert-knife always handy, to ventilate the diaphragms of any sympathizers with the base Saxon.
1893 Pick-me-up 21 Oct. 55/1 Thereupon Isobel snatched out a dagger and ventilated him freely in the chest.
1986 R. LeBeau Gunstock xiv. 125 You surely don't believe..that that very unpleasant Mr. Budreau, who..ventilated you with his trusty Barlow knife, did so out of a murderous jealousy?
2022 @k9_reaper 8 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 17 May 2022) Rule #1 in a knife fight: don't get into a knife fight. You don't want to be ventilated, trust me. And I've been stabbed before so I know it isn't fun.
II. Senses relating to discussion or utterance, and related uses.† 17. transitive. To estimate the value of; to appraise. Obsolete. rare. Apparently an isolated use. Cf. evaluate v. b.
13. transitive. With abroad. To publish (something) widely; to make public. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (transitive)]
sowc888
blowc1275
dispeple1297
to do abroadc1300
fame1303
publyc1350
defamea1382
publisha1382
open?1387
proclaima1393
slandera1400
spreada1400
abroachc1400
throwc1400
to give outa1425
promote?a1425
noisec1425
publicc1430
noisec1440
divulgea1464
to put outc1475
skail1487
to come out witha1500
bruit1525
bruita1529
to bear out1530
divulgate1530
promulgate1530
propale?1530
ventilate1530
provulgate1535
sparple1536
sparse1536
promulge1539
disperse1548
publicate1548
forthtell1549
hurly-burly?1550
propagate1554
to set abroada1555
utter1561
to set forth1567
blaze1570
evulgate1570
scatter1576
rear?1577
to carry about1585
pervulgate1586
celebrate?1596
propalate1598
vent1602
evulge1611
to give forth1611
impublic1628
ventilate1637
disseminate1643
expose1644
emit1650
to put about1664
to send abroad1681
to get abroad1688
to take out1697
advertise1710
forward1713
to set abouta1715
circulate1780
broadcast1829
vent1832
vulgate1851
debit1879
float1883
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 765/2 He is nat worthy to be a counsaylour that ventylateth the maters abrode.
a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) II. 65 Such a step..would have been loudly ventilated abroad as a plain declaration that popery was to govern.
1837 W. S. Landor Pentameron & Pentalogia 268 Deeming it better, when irregular thoughts assailed me, to ventilate them abroad.
1986 Times 29 May 11/3 Political differences, when ventilated abroad, should be expressed candidly—but with a prudent level of decorum.
14.
a. transitive. To examine or investigate (a question, topic, etc.) freely or thoroughly by discussion or debate; to sift or discuss in free argument, controversy, or examination; to bring to public notice or consideration in this way. Cf. earlier ventilate adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > hold discussions about, debate [verb (transitive)]
dispute1340
discuss1402
reason?c1425
mootc1475
arguea1513
canvass1530
ventilate?1530
deliberate1536
devisea1538
expostulate1573
agitate1598
imparlc1600
exagitate1610
eventilate?1625
altercate1683
litigate1740
spar1744
the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > make known
shirec897
i-kenc1000
cryc1300
declarec1340
out-tella1382
commona1387
ascryc1400
commune1423
ventilate?1530
forespeak1546
outcry1567
oyez1599
vent1832
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > examination by discussion > examine by discussion [verb (transitive)]
examinec1384
discussa1400
discutea1475
canvass1530
ventilate?1530
to go through ——1535
touta1568
dissert1623
the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse with [verb (transitive)] > discuss or confer about
bespeakc1175
roundc1275
talka1387
discuss1402
commune1423
common1435
discutec1440
ventilate?1530
discourse1546
confer1552
consult?1553
imparlc1600
parle1631
conjobble1692
to talk over1734
chew1939
punt1945
to kick about1966
?1530 in R. Fiddes Life Wolsey (1724) Collect. 214 This Cawse of Matrymonie myght no where be ventylated or dyscussed.
1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xvii. 226 There was no father in the church, who had greater reason to ventilate this argument vnto the bottome.
1622 J. Donne Serm. XV. Verse XX. Chap. Iudges 47 Some Articles concerning the falling away from Iustifying grace..had been ventilated, in Conventicles, and in Pulpits too.
1657 P. Heylyn Ecclesia Vindicata 95 The point had been somewhat ventulated betwixt the honourable Remonstrant on the one part, and the Smectymnians on the other.
1682 N. Grew Of Mixture i. i. §4 in Anat. Plants 222 The experience of so many years, wherein it hath been ventilated by the disputes of men, proveth as much.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 151 Nor is the Right of the Party..so far perempted, but that the same may be..ventilated de Novo.
1759 R. Hurd Moral & Polit. Dialogues (1760) ii. 76 Questions of natural science will doubtless be effectually cleared and ventilated in the New Society [sc. the Royal Society].
1791 E. Eliot in J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1784 II. 524 He is..not enough known: his character has been only ventilated in party pamphlets.
1848 W. H. Mill Five Serm. ii. 52 We have discussed and ventilated all points.
1857 Fraser's Mag. 56 351 Politicians do not ‘discuss’ subjects in the year of grace 1857: they ‘ventilate’ them.
1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation 2 The subject has not been sufficiently ventilated.
1981 New Scientist 4 June 649/1 Therefore as the House of Lords ventilated the issue, day after day on the floor of their Lordships' House, the tidings went out over the air.
2021 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 21 Oct. 12 Lawyers..have applied for an interlocutory injunction to stop the ABC from broadcasting the program until the matter can be fully ventilated in court.
b. transitive. To carry on, take part in (a controversy). Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > argue about, dispute [verb (transitive)]
traverse?1504
arguea1513
to stand in terms?a1562
to stand with ——1579
argle1589
bandy1589
balk1590
ventilate1607
controvert1609
sticklea1661
chop1685
militate1754
1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders 275 There was neuer yet controuersie in Christian religion so..virulently canuased and ventilated.
1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. Pref. Strangius..has ventilated this controversy with..force of argument beyond his sectators.
1864 H. T. Tuckerman Amer. & her Commentators i. 24 Many other local treatises and..accounts written to beguile adventurers, celebrate discoveries, or ventilate controversy respecting the boundless land of promise.
1935 Sunday Times 30 June 24/6 It is very distasteful to ventilate this controversy in this way.
2016 B. Walsh Unsettled Toleration v. 168 Pericles is not a polemical play, but it subtly ventilates controversies over death and mourning protocols.
15.
a. transitive. To utter (something); to give utterance or expression to (an opinion, view, etc.); to make known to others. Also in extended use. Cf. air v. 4c.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > give expression to
sayOE
talkc1275
soundc1386
outc1390
shedc1420
utterc1445
conveya1568
discharge1586
vent1602
dicta1605
frame1608
voice1612
pass?1614
language1628
ventilate1637
to give venta1640
vend1657
clothe1671
to take out1692
to give mouth to1825
verbalize1840
to let out1853
vocalize1872
1615 T. Worthington Whyte dyed Black ii. 124 Now to the falshood, the lyke whereof he ventilated before, and haith accordingly bene before refelled.
1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies ii. ix. 44 Why then doeth he ventilate words for reason?
1855 J. F. Stephen in Cambr. Ess. 183 The habit..of using novels to ventilate opinions.
1856 Sat. Rev. 2 Feb. 241/2 Although it is necessary for Lord Derby..to ventilate his oratory, Parliament and the country are ready for peace.
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. iv. 58 There were already several things in his head which he was anxious to ventilate.
1870 W. R. Greg Polit. Probl. 198 It reflects and ventilates the national conceptions.
1872 E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 219 An angry Kentish landholder..might have ventilated his grievances upon Pennenden Heath.
1883 Jrnl. Educ. 17 264 To rush into print and ‘ventilate his views’.
1923 Jrnl. Inst. Actuaries 54 192 He..did not hesitate to ventilate his opinion of the actuarial autocrats of the Treasury Chambers.
2019 Nigerian Tribune (Nexis) 8 May It is his prerogative to ventilate his views on the matter as he deems fit.
b. transitive. To give vent to, provide outlet or escape for (an emotion, feeling, passion, etc.). Also intransitive. Cf. vent v.2 4.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > expression > [verb (transitive)]
abroachc1400
figure1475
express1549
unload1561
vent1602
speaka1616
extrinsicate1645
to set out1684
ventilate1823
exhibit1849
register1901
1652 Mercurius Politicus 22–29 Jan. 1369 The judicatories must also be made good upon specious pretences of punishing impieties, when it is rather to ventilate the Presbyterian spleene.
1660 ‘T.S’ tr. G. Brusoni Arnaldo ii. 30 If therefore you desire to ventilate your passion, with whom better can you do it then with me, that am never sparing in wishing your good?
1823 C. Lamb in London Mag. Oct. 405/1 He is welcome to them..if they can divert a spleen, or ventilate a fit of sullenness.
1934 Evening Tel. & Post (Dundee) 6 Apr. (Late Extra ed.) 8/2 The man had been refused relief by the local Public Assistance Officer, and hoped to ventilate his anger by breaking the window.
2010 A. L. Graber et al. Life of Control xxviii. 124 It seemed he wanted to ventilate more than he wanted my advice.
2018 Independent (Nexis) 15 July (Comment section) 29 I..know how important it is to let him ventilate his anger in order to help him return to a calmer frame of mind.
16. transitive. figurative. To invigorate, refresh, or strengthen (something, as an opinion, belief, speech, etc.), esp. by causing to circulate.
Π
1663–4 J. Howell in tr. Last Will & Test. Cardinal Mazarini 136 Nature..prolonged his life (whose Lamp in a Sanguine Constitution the great drayner of the spirits, and ventilated with so much Ayre of businesse was never thought of such a Continuance and Duration).
1760 O. Goldsmith in Brit. Mag. Dec. 705/2 Opposition, when restrained within due bounds, is the salubrious gale that ventilates the opinions of the people.
1795 E. Burke Let. to W. Smith in Wks. (1812) IX. 403 The divisions, which formerly prevailed in the Church,..only purified and ventilated our common faith.
2005 Times 4 Feb. 21/4 The entire speech, indeed the entire opening act of this President's second term, was ventilated by the extraordinary air that has blown around the world from Iraq since Sunday's elections.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > place value on
apprizea1400
counta1400
prize1487
valure1487
reckonc1515
even1571
valuate1588
value1589
rate1599
seta1616
ventilate?c1682
eventilate1706
appreciate1769
?c1682 J. Warburton Treat. Hist. Guernsey (1822) 82 [To] see his goods..ventilated, i.e. appraised and sold for discharge of the debt.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
<
adj.?a1475
v.c1425