suffumigate, v. rare.
(sʌˈfjuːmɪgeɪt)
Also 6 pa. pple. (Sc.) suffumigat.
[f. pa. pple. of L. suffūmigāre, f. suf- = sub- 2, 26 + fūmigāre to fumigate.]
1. trans. To fumigate from below.
| 1588 A. Hume Hymns vii. 35 Suffumigat with nard and cinnamon. 1612 Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 202 The patients hinder parts well suffumigated with the same decoction. 1623 Cockeram, Suffumigate, to smoake underneath. 1910 Kipling Rewards & Fairies 270, I sprinkled sulphur on the faggots whereby the on-lookers were as handsomely suffumigated. |
† 2. intr. To rise in smoke or vapour. Obs.
| 1599 A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 219/2 Take greene Corne or seede, lay it on coales, and it will suffumigate. |