Air, vb. 1) to expose to the air, to draw forth: “I beg but leave to a. this jewel; see! and now 'tis up again,” Cymb. II, 4, 96. “died shortly after this world had --'d them,” H8 II, 4, 193. to a. one's self == to take fresh air: “thy sea-marge, where thou thyself dost a.” Tp. IV, 70. “to purge melancholy and a. himself,” Wint. IV, 4, 790. “riding forth to a. yourself,” Cymb. I, 1, 110.
2) to lead forth, to lead about: “though I have for the most part been --ed abroad,” Wint. IV, 2, 6.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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