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   Ven·ti·late

   /ˈven(t)əˌlāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. cause air to enter and circulate freely in (a room, building, etc.): "ventilate the greenhouse well" Similar aerateairoxygenateair-conditionfanfreshenrefreshcool
   • ▪ (of air) purify or freshen (something) by blowing on or through it: "a colossus ventilated by the dawn breeze"
   • 2. use a machine or device to support or replace the breathing of (a person who is ill, injured, or anesthetized); subject to artificial respiration: "the patient was sedated and ventilated"
   • ▪ oxygenate (the blood). archaic
   • 3. discuss or examine (an opinion, issue, or complaint) in public: "he used the club to ventilate an ongoing complaint" Similar expressgive expression toairgive an airing tobring into the openraiseregisterlodgebring upcome out withrevealassertdeclarecommunicateuttervoicegive voice toput into wordsverbalizetalk aboutdiscussdebatetalk over

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘winnow, scatter’): from Latin ventilat- ‘blown, winnowed’, from the verb ventilare, from ventus ‘wind’. Sense 1 dates from the mid 18th century.

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