To treat with smoke or fumes; to subject to fumigation or expose to vapor.
From Latin 'effumare,' combining 'ef-' (out) and 'fumare' (to smoke). This is a technical or archaic term for the process of applying smoke to something for medicinal or pest-control purposes.
Ancient peoples used smoke for everything from preserving meat to warding off disease, and 'effume' is the technical word for that ancient practice—it's what they literally did when they 'smoked out' insects or spirits.
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