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