Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FU'MI-GATE
FU'MI-GATE, v.t. [L. fumigo; Fr. fumiger; from fumus, smoke.]
- To smoke; to perfume. Dryden.
- To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke; as, in chimistry, or in medicine by inhaling it, or in cleansing infected apartments.
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