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† dephlegmate, v. Old Chem.|diːˈflɛgmeɪt|
[f. ppl. stem of med. or mod.L. dēphlegmāre, f. de- I. 6 + phlegma, a. Gr. ϕλέγµα (ϕλέγµατ-) clammy humour: see phlegm.]
trans. To free (a spirit or acid) from ‘phlegm’ or watery matter; to rectify.
1668Boyle Ess. & Tracts (1669) 65 We dephlegmated some [spirits] by more frequent, and indeed tedious Rectifications. 1686W. Harris tr. Lemery's Chym. (ed. 2) 186 You may use either a little more, or a little less, according to the strength of the spirit, or according as it is more or less dephlegmated. 1757A. Cooper Distiller i. xxiii. (1760) 95 This Ingredient cleanses and dephlegmates the Spirit considerably. 1789J. Keir Dict. Chem. 96/2 The contained matter must be dephlegmated.
b. fig. To rid of admixture, purify, refine.
1796Burke Let. Noble Ld. Wks. VIII. 56 The principle of evil himself, incorporeal, pure, unmixed, dephlegmated, defecated evil.
Hence deˈphlegmated ppl. a., deˈphlegmating vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1641French Distill. v. (1651) 115 The pure dephlegmated Spirit. 1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 162 To know whether it is truely deflegmated, or Proof-Spirit. 1807Opie Lect. Art i. (1848) 253 The ancients..produced those concentrated, dephlegmated, and highly rectified personifications of strength, activity, beauty. |
