Dictionary entry

Demephitize

Webster's Dictionary 1913

De‐meph″i‐tize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Demephitized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Demephitizing.] [Cf. F. méphitiser to infect with mephitis.] To purify from mephitic or foul air. — De‐meph′i‐ti‐za″tion, n.