mcol>'92olian harp, '92olian lyre, a musical instrument consisting of a box, on or in which are stretched strings, on which the wind acts to produce the notes; -- usually placed at an open window. Moore. -- '92olian mode (Mus.), one of the ancient Greek and early ecclesiastical modes.>A"'89r*ate (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arated (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Arating (#).] [Cf. F. a'82rer. See Air,v. t.]
1. To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from a'89rated natural fountains.Carlyle.
2. To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to a'89rate soil; to a'89rate water.
3. (Physiol.) To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize.A'89rated bread, bread raised by charging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the dough by fermentation.