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car·bu·ret

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–verb (used with object), -ret·ed, -ret·ing or (especially British

) -ret·ted, -ret·ting.

to combine or mix with carbon or hydrocarbons.

[Origin: 1865–70; carb- + -uret

]

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tr.v. car·bu·ret·ed or car·bu·ret·ted, car·bu·ret·ing or car·bu·ret·ting, car·bu·rets
To combine or mix (a gas, for example) with volatile hydrocarbons, so as to increase available fuel energy.

[From carburet, carbide, from French carbure, from Latin carbō, carbon; see carbon.]

car·bu·re'tion n.

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Carbureted

Car"bu*ret\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carbureted or Carburetted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Carbureting or Carburetting.] To combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize.

By carbureting the gas you may use poorer coal. --Knight.

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