DEPHLEGMATE, verb transitive [Gr. To burn.] To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation, used of spirit and acids; to clear spirit or acids of aqueous matter; to rectify.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.