suffumigate

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verb

To fumigate from below.

OriginLatin suffumigatus →
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Meanings

verbsuffumigate (third-person singular simple present suffumigates, present participle suffumigating, simple past and past participle suffumigated)

present singular third person suffumigates · participle present suffumigating · participle past suffumigated · past suffumigated

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

Origin

  1. Latinsuffumigatus
  2. Englishsuffumigate

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

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APA

suffumigate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suffumigate

MLA

“suffumigate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suffumigate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suffumigate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suffumigate.

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