ventilate
verb (used with object)
to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated.
had ventilated
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past perfectof ventilate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Later in the century, others had ventilated similar projects in obscure publications, but the Abbe does not refer to any of his predecessors.
From The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth by J. B. (John Bagnell) Bury
She knew, of course, that there was no love lost between herself and them; and she was quite ready to entertain the evil insinuations which the late Duchess Giovanna had ventilated with reference to Bianca.
From The Tragedies of the Medici by Edgcumbe Staley
