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Webster 1913 Edition


Dephlegmate

De-phleg′mate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dephlegmated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Dephlegmating
.]
[See
Dephlegm
.]
(Chem.)
To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; – used of spirits and acids.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dephlegmate

DEPHLEGMATE

,
Verb.
T.
[Gr. To burn.] To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation, used of spirit and acids; to clear spirit or acids of aqueous matter; to rectify.

Definition 2024


dephlegmate

dephlegmate

English

Verb

dephlegmate (third-person singular simple present dephlegmates, present participle dephlegmating, simple past and past participle dephlegmated)

  1. (chemistry, dated) To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; used of spirits and acids.