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dephlegmate

dephlegmate verb: to deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; used of spirits and acids.

Verb

dephlegmate (third-person singular simple present dephlegmates, present participle dephlegmating, simple past and past participle dephlegmated)

  1. (dated, physical) To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; used of spirits and acids.

Forms of dephlegmate

third-person singular presentdephlegmates
present participledephlegmating
past participledephlegmated
pastdephlegmated

Origin of dephlegmate

See dephlegm.

Words formed from dephlegmate

Questions about dephlegmate

What does dephlegmate mean?
Dephlegmate means to deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; used of spirits and acids.
What part of speech is dephlegmate?
Dephlegmate is a verb.
What is the past tense of dephlegmate?
The past tense of dephlegmate is dephlegmated.

Words near dephlegmate in the dictionary

  1. dephilosophize
  2. dephilosophized
  3. dephilosophizes
  4. dephilosophizing
  5. dephlegm
  6. dephlegmate
  7. dephlegmated
  8. dephlegmates
  9. dephlegmating
  10. dephlegmation
  11. dephlegmations

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