dephlegmate

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dephlegmate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dephlegmate \De*phleg"mate\, v. 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.
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