phlogisticatev.
/flə(ʊ)ˈdʒɪstᵻkeɪt/, U.S. /fləˈdʒɪstəˌkeɪt/, /floʊˈdʒɪstəˌkeɪt/ Chemistry. Now historical and rare.
transitive. To make phlogistic; to cause to combine with phlogiston.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > subject to chemical reactions or processes [verb (transitive)] > subject to named chemical reaction or process > render phlogistic
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1776 J. Priestley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 242 The nitrous air..lost a great proportion of its power of diminishing, that is, phlogisticating, common air.
1791 Philos. Trans. 1790 (Royal Soc.) 80 378 While this metal is dissolving, it phlogisticates the mixture.
1799 T. Garnett Treat. Mineral Waters Harrogate. v. 72 This fact might lead this ingenious philosopher to believe, that the pure air contained in the atmosphere was phlogisticated by these processes [sc. combustion and respiration].
1837 Lancet 19 Aug. 743/1 Phlogisticating the alkali.
1938 Philos. Sci. 5 145 The physicist..may perhaps be willing to recall the verb ‘phlogisticate’ from the earlier history of his science.
Derivatives
phloˈgisticating adj.
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1789 J. Priestley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 79 146 It is also natural to suppose, that..the dephlogisticating principle..[being] expelled, the phlogisticating principle should enter.
1904 H. S. Williams Hist. Sci. IV. 8 It was only necessary to mix the phlogisticating agents, such as charcoal, phosphorus, oils, fats, etc., with the ashes of the original substance, and heat the mixture.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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