fumigate
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fu·mi·gate 
[fyoo-mi-geyt] Pronunciation Key
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[fyoo-mi-geyt] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), -gat·ed, -gat·ing.
| to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc. |
[Origin: 1520–30; < L fūmigātus, ptp. of fūmigāre to smoke, fumigate, equiv. to fūm(us) smoke + -igāre (v. suffix based on -ig-, n. deriv. of agere to drive, do, as in remex, s. remig- oarsman, hence remigāre to row)]
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fu·mi·ga·tion, noun
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| fu·mi·gate
(fyōō'mĭ-gāt') Pronunciation Key
v. fu·mi·gat·ed, fu·mi·gat·ing, fu·mi·gates v. tr. To subject to smoke or fumes, usually in order to exterminate pests or disinfect. v. intr. To employ smoke or fumes in order to exterminate or disinfect. [Latin fūmigāre, fūmigāt-, to smoke : fūmus, smoke + agere, to drive, make; see ag- in Indo-European roots.] fu'mi·ga'tion n., fu'mi·ga'tor n. |
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| fumigate | |
verb | |
| treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests |
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
fu'mi·ga'tion n.
fumigate fu·mi·gate (fy&oomacr;'mĭ-gāt')
v. fu·mi·gat·ed, fu·mi·gat·ing, fu·mi·gates
To subject to smoke or fumes, usually in order to exterminate pests or disinfect.
fu'mi·ga'tion n.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Fumigate
Fu"mi*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fumigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Fumigating.] [L. fumigate, p. p. of fumigare to fumigate, fr. fumus smoke. See Fume, n.]1. To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors. 2. To smoke; to perfume. --Dryden.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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