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dephlogisticcate |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dephlogisticcate \De`phlo*gis"tic*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dephlogisticated}; p. pr & vb n. {Dephlogisticating}.] [Pref. de- + phlosticate: cf F. d['e]phlogistiguer.] (O. Chem.) To deprive of phlogiston, or the supposed principle of inflammability. --Priestley. {Dephlogisticated air}, oxygen gas; -- so called by Dr Priestly and others of his time. -- {De`phlo*gis`ti*ca"tion}, n.
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