Meaning

1 senses

  1. To take away the phlogiston, i.e. ability to burn, which is now understood to be chemically impossible

Origin

From de- + phlogisticate, after French déphlogistiquer (“to dephlogisticate”).

From de- + phlogisticate, after French déphlogistiquer (“to dephlogisticate”).

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Forms

dephlogisticates, dephlogisticating, dephlogisticated, dephlogisticated
Base formdephlogisticate · to dephlogisticate
3rd person singulardephlogisticates
Present participledephlogisticating
Past simpledephlogisticated
Past participledephlogisticated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydephlogisticate
he, she, itdephlogisticates

Past simpleLesson

all personsdephlogisticated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dephlogisticated
he, she, ithas dephlogisticated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dephlogisticate

Word family

1 related words
Deriveddephlogisticated

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dependencydependentB1dependsdepictC1depictionC1deplete
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