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To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors.

A salt of fungic acid. [Formerly written also fungiate.]

To cudgel. [R.] Bailey.

Agate. [Obs.] Fuller.

To approve; to allow; to confirm; as, the court homologates a proceeding. Wheaton.

To seek or search out. [Obs.]

Entrance; ingress. [Obs.] Which hath in charge the ingate of the year. Spenser.

set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as to instigate one to a crime. He hath only instigated his blackest agents to the very extent of their malignity. Bp. Warburton.

To question formally; to question; to examine by asking questions; as, to interrogate a witness. Wilt thou, uncalled, interrogate, Talker! the unreplying Fate Emerson.

One who is interrogated.

nd examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural phenomena.

To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew.

To wrinkle. [Obs.]

Coupled together.

Having a smooth surface, as if polished.

A linen roller used in dressing wounds.

An ambassador or envoy.

One to whom a legacy is bequeathed.

The office of a legate.

To make smooth in action. " When use hath levigated the organs." Barrow.