phlogisticating

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phlogisticating - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Phlogisticate \Phlo*gis"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Phlogisticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Phlogisticating.] (Old
     Chem.)
     To combine phlogiston with; -- usually in the form and sense
     of the p. p. or the adj.; as, highly phlogisticated
     substances.
     [1913 Webster]