dephlegmate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

dephlegmate dephlegmates dephlegmating dephlegmated

Etymology

See dephlegm.

Related words

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