air (v.) Copy link Outline I. To admit the fresh airII. To render dry • air (v.): I. To admit the fresh air: Phr.: the hall is well a.'d by means of open windows: cryptoporticus patentibus fenestris auras admittit transmittitque, cf. Plin. Ep. 2, 17: the hall has a. enough of its own, and wants no a.ing, cryptoporticus contenta aëre suo nec desiderat auras nec admittit, Plin. Ep.: to be badly a.'d (of a room), aere pigro et manente ingravescere, Plin. Ep. II. To render dry: v. to dry.