verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To fumigate from below.
2. 2
   To apply fumes or smoke to the parts of, as to the body in medicine; to fumigate in part.

Etymology

From Latin suffumigatus, past participle of suffumigare (“to fumigate from below”). See sub-, and fumigate.

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