dephlogisticating

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dephlogisticating - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     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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