单词 | dephlegmate |
释义 | † dephlegmatev. Old Chemistry. a. transitive. To free (a spirit or acid) from ‘phlegm’ or watery matter; to rectify. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > subject to chemical reactions or processes [verb (transitive)] > subject to named chemical reaction or process > subject to dephlegmation dephlegm1660 dephlegmate1668 1668 R. Boyle Ess. & Tracts (1669) 65 We dephlegmated some [spirits] by more frequent, and indeed tedious Rectifications. 1686 W. Harris tr. N. Lémery Course Chym. (ed. 2) i. viii. 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. 1757 A. Cooper Compl. Distiller i. xxiii. 95 This Ingredient cleanses and dephlegmates the Spirit considerably. 1789 J. Keir First Pt. Dict. Chem. 96/2 The contained matter must be dephlegmated. b. figurative. To rid of admixture, purify, refine. ΚΠ 1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1815) VIII. 56 The principle of evil himself, incorporeal, pure, unmixed, dephlegmated, defecated evil. Derivatives deˈphlegmated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [adjective] > unadulterated or undiluted clean883 purea1393 uncorrumpeda1400 uncorrupted1541 sincere1557 stark naked?1594 undelayed1600 unsophisticated1630 entire1640 inadulterate1648 dephlegmated1651 neat1651 unalloyeda1672 intaminateda1695 undrossy1708 net1713 unadulterate1716 unsophistical1736 uncauponateda1752 undiluted1756 absolute1810 undefecated1812 unadulterated1823 undilute1876 undoctored1882 uncut1967 the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to named chemical reactions or processes > of or relating to dephlegmation dephlegmated1651 dephlegmed1660 1651 J. French Art Distillation v. 115 The pure dephlegmated Spirit. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 162 To know whether it is truely deflegmated, or Proof-Spirit. a1807 J. Opie Lect. on Painting (1809) 29 The ancients..produced those concentrated, dephlegmated, and highly rectified personifications of strength, activity, beauty. Categories » deˈphlegmating n. and adj. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1651 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。