phlogisticate
English
Etymology
phlogistic + -ate
Verb
phlogisticate (third-person singular simple present phlogisticates, present participle phlogisticating, simple past and past participle phlogisticated)
- (chemistry, obsolete, transitive) To combine phlogiston with.
Derived terms
- phlogisticated
- dephlogisticate
Related terms
- phlogiston
Translations
to combine phlogiston with
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References
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for phlogisticate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)