suffumigate

American  

[suh-fyoo-mi-geyt] / səˈfju mɪˌgeɪt /

verb (used with object)

suffumigated, suffumigating

1. to fumigate from below; apply fumes or smoke to.

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suffumigate British  

/ səˈfjuːmɪˌɡeɪt /

verb

1. (tr) to fumigate from or as if from beneath

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Other Word Forms

• suffumigation
  noun

Etymology

Origin of suffumigate

1580–90; < Latin suffūmigātus; see suf-, fumigate

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

suffumigate suffumigating

He was much given to debauchery, so that at some times the Daemons would not appear to the Speculator; he would then suffumigate: sometimes, to vex the spirits, he would curse them, fumigate with contraries.

From William Lilly's History of His Life and Times From the Year 1602 to 1681 by Elias Ashmole

Treat the lower parts of the body to suffumigating, pessaries, ointments and injections; for fumigating use cinnamon, nutmeg, the berries of the bay tree, mugwort, galbanum, molanthium, amber, etc.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle