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dephlogisticates

dephlogisticates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dephlogisticate.

Meaning of dephlogisticate

Verb

dephlogisticate (third-person singular simple present dephlogisticates, present participle dephlogisticating, simple past and past participle dephlogisticated)

  1. To take away the phlogiston, i.e. ability to burn, which is now understood to be chemically impossible

Questions about dephlogisticates

What is dephlogisticates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dephlogisticates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dephlogisticate.

Words near dephlogisticates in the dictionary

  1. dephlegming
  2. dephlegms
  3. dephlogisticate
  4. dephlogisticated
  5. dephlogisticated air
  6. dephlogisticates
  7. dephlogisticating
  8. dephlogistication
  9. dephlogistications
  10. dephonologization
  11. dephosphatase

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