Dephlogisticcate /(?)/

De·phlo·gis·tic·cate

Dephlogisticcate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Dephlogisticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dephlogisticating

  1. To deprive of phlogiston, or the supposed principle of inflammability. (O. Chem.)

Phrases & Compounds

Dephlogisticated air
oxygen gas; -- so called by Dr. Priestly and others of his time.