aërate

CIDE DICTIONARY

aërate, v. t. [Cf. F. aérer. See Air, v. t.].

•  To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.  [1913 Webster]

  "His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from aërated natural fountains."  [1913 Webster]
•  To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aërate soil; to aërate water.  [1913 Webster]
•  To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize.  [1913 Webster]
•  cause a change by passing air through (of sewage)  [WordNet 1.5]

Aërated bread, bread raised by charging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the dough by fermentation.