Definition for FUME

FUME, v.t.

  1. To smoke; to dry in smoke. Carew.
  2. To perfume. She fumed the temple with an od'rous flame. Dryden.
  3. To disperse or drive away in vapors. The heat will fume away most of the scent. Mortimer.

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