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phlogisticate

phlogisticate verb: to combine phlogiston with (something).

Verb

phlogisticate (third-person singular simple present phlogisticates, present participle phlogisticating, simple past and past participle phlogisticated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To combine phlogiston with (something).

Forms of phlogisticate

third-person singular presentphlogisticates
present participlephlogisticating
past participlephlogisticated
pastphlogisticated

Origin of phlogisticate

From phlogistic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Words formed from phlogisticate

Questions about phlogisticate

What does phlogisticate mean?
Phlogisticate means to combine phlogiston with (something).
What part of speech is phlogisticate?
Phlogisticate is a verb.
What is the past tense of phlogisticate?
The past tense of phlogisticate is phlogisticated.

Words near phlogisticate in the dictionary

  1. phlogistian
  2. phlogistians
  3. phlogistic
  4. phlogistical
  5. phlogistically
  6. phlogisticate
  7. phlogisticated
  8. phlogisticated air
  9. phlogisticates
  10. phlogisticating
  11. phlogistication

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