Definitions | dephlogisticate |
| verb (dephlogisticat, ing)
- To take away the phlogiston, i.e. ability to burn, which is now understood to be chemically impossible
Etymology: From the prefix de-, to undo and phlogisticate, to give flammability to, from French déphlogistiguer, to dephlogisticate.
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