dephlegmate

t. [Eng. dephlegm; -ate.] The same as DEPHLEGM (q. v.). recti "We dephlegmated some by more frequent fications."- Boyle : Works, i. 329. de-phleg-mat-ěd, pa . par . or a. [DEPHLEG MATE.] [Eng. dephlegmat(e); vious. IMG:content-2173.png:[blocks in formation] "It will be seen how, in two important dependencies of the crown, wrong was followed by just retribution."Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. i. 3. The thing or persons of which any person has the dominion or disposal. "Never was there a prince bereaved of his dependancies by his council, except where there hath been either an over-greatne in one counselor, or an over strict combination in divers." -Bacon . B. Technically : 1. Law ( of the form dependence): The state of depending, or being pending or undetermined. "An action is said to be in dependence from the moment of citation till the final decision of the House of Lords." -Bell." 2. Logic (of the form dependency): That, the existence of which presupposes the existence of something else; something non-e ential; an accident, a quality. "Modes I call such complex ideas which are considered as dependencies or affections of substances." Locke . Master of the dependances: A master of ceremonies for duels, an imaginary office which Meer craft, the Projector, in Ben Jonson's play, bestows on Everill. "Master of the Dependances! a place Of my projection too, sir, and hath met Much opposition; but the State now sees That great nece ity of it, as, after all Their writing and their speaking against duels, They have erected it." Ben Jonson: The Devil's an A , iii. 1. When used as an adjective the word is now gen- erally spelled dependent ; when used as a noun de- pendant is the more usual. dě-pendent-lý, *dě pěnd-ant-lý, adv . [Eng. dependent; -ly .] In a dependent manner. dě-pěnd-er, s. [Eng. depend; -er.] One who depends or relies. "What shalt thou expect, To be depender on a thing that leans?" Shakesp.: Cymbeline, i. 6. -ion .] Chem.: An old term, applied to the proce of freeing spirituous or acid liquids from water. The apparatus used is called a dephlegmator. "In divers cases it is not enough to separate the aqueous parts by dephlegmation ." -Boyle: Works , i. 321.