demephitize

English

Etymology

de- +‎ mephitize. Compare French méphitiser, "to infect with mephitis".

Verb

demephitize (third-person singular simple present demephitizes, present participle demephitizing, simple past and past participle demephitized)

(transitive, archaic) To purify from mephitis.

Related terms

demephitization

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “demephitize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)