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Definition of Fumigate
1. Verb. Treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests.
Generic synonyms: Process, Treat
Derivative terms: Fume, Fumigant, Fumigation, Fumigator, Fumigator
Definition of Fumigate
1. v. t. To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors.
Definition of Fumigate
1. Verb. To disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fumigate
1. to subject to fumes in order to destroy pests [v -GATED, -GATING, -GATES]
Medical Definition of Fumigate
1. To expose to the action of smoke or of fumes of any kind as a means of disinfection or eradication. Origin: L. Fumigo pp. -atus, to fumigate, fr. Fumus, smoke, + ago, to drive (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fumigate
Literary usage of Fumigate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Greenhouse and Stove Plants, Flowering and Fine-leaved, Palms, Ferns, and by Thomas Baines (1885)
"Syringing in summer and sponging in winter are the best remedies for the former ;
for the latter fumigate. All the above have variegated leaves. CANNA. ..."
2. The Family Receipt Book: Containing Eight Hundred Valuable Receipts in by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1819)
"To fumigate foul rooms. To one table-spoonful of common salt and a little powdered
manganese in a glass cup, add, four or five different times, ..."
3. Report on Parasitic and Injurious Insects by Walter Wilson. Froggartt (1909)
"Some of the County Commissioners have as many as 40 to 100 fumigating tents, and
they fumigate the trees twice a year ; from 50 to 70 tons of cyanide are ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Smoke« va I. fumigate, expose to smoke. Snake, n. Serpent 3. Smell out, find out,
discover. Smoke» vn I. Emit smoke. 2. Draw into the mouth and puff out ..."
5. Dictionary of the French and English Languages by Gabriel Surenne (1856)
"... pL fumes, clouds of steam er, va. to smoke, steam, dry win oke, fumigate, ...
va. to fumigate, perfume by Fumiste, sm. smake-curer Funambule, ..."
6. Audels Household Helps, Hints and Receipts ...: Three Thousand References (1913)
"... How to fumigate.—Before operating, the house must be vacated. It is not
necessary to remove any of the furniture or belongings unless of polished nickel ..."
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