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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents
2: obtain by a fractional process

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-ated; -ating) Date: 1867 1. to separate (as a mixture) into different portions especially by a fractional process 2. to divide or break up • fractionation noun • fractionator noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 break up into parts. 2 separate (a mixture) by fractional distillation etc. Derivatives: fractionation n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fractionate Frac"tion*ate, v. t. To separate into different portions or fractions, as in the distillation of liquids.

Moby Thesaurus

aerate, aerify, atomize, carbonate, chlorinate, distill, emit, etherify, etherize, evaporate, exhale, fluidize, fume, fumigate, gasify, give off, hydrogenate, oxygenate, perfume, reek, send out, smoke, spray, steam, sublimate, sublime, vaporize, volatilize