| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; -- used of spirits and acids.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: dephlegmating, dephlegmated, dephlegmates, dephlegmator, dephlegmators, dephlegmatingly and dephlegmatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DEPHLEGMATE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Note: Dephlegmate \De*phleg"mate\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Dephlegmated; present participle verb or noun Dephlegmating.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DEPHLEGMATE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation, used of spirit and acids; to clear spirit or acids of aqueous matter; to rectify. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
