Ventilate
Ventilate , transitive verb
[Latin ventilatus, past participle of ventilare to toss, brandish in the air, to fan, to winnow, from ventus wind; akin to English wind. See Wind rushing air.]
1.
To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a mine.
2.
To provide with a vent, or escape, for air, gas, etc.; as, to ventilate a mold, or a water-wheel bucket.
3.
To change or renew, as the air of a room. — Harvey
4.
To winnow; to fan; as, to ventilate wheat.
5.
To sift and examine; to bring out, and subject to penetrating scrutiny; to expose to examination and discussion; as, to ventilate questions of policy. — Ayliffe
6.
To give vent to; to utter; to make public.
Macaulay took occasion to ventilate one of those startling, but not very profound, paradoxes.