éventer

Meaning

  1. (dated, transitive) to air, ventilate (expose to the air)
  2. (reflexive, transitive) to fan
  3. (transitive) to expose to the wind
  4. (figuratively, transitive) to expose, to reveal
  5. (reflexive) to go off, go stale, go flat

Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exventāre, from Latin ventus (“wind”). By surface analysis, é- + vent + -er. Compare Occitan esventar.

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