Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To deprive of or clear from phlegm; dehydrate; desiccate; dephlegmate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (O. Chem.), obsolete To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, chemistry To rid of
phlegm orwater ; todephlegmate .
Etymologies
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de- + phlegm water; compare French déphlegmer, déflegmer.
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