Dephlogistication

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dephlogisticcate \De`phlo*gis"tic*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Dephlogisticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dephlogisticating}.]
     [Pref. de- + phlosticate: cf. F. d['e]phlogistiguer.] (O.
     Chem.)
     To deprive of phlogiston, or the supposed principle of
     inflammability. --Priestley.


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     {Dephlogisticated air}, oxygen gas; -- so called by Dr.
        Priestly and others of his time. --
        {De`phlo*gis`ti*ca"tion}, n.
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