Carburet
to combine or mix with carbon or hydrocarbons.
Historical Examples
Steel is a carburet of iron, and possesses some remarkable properties, by which it is distinguished from common iron.
A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume II (of 2) Johann Beckman
Iron combined with a small portion of carbon; its chemical name is carburet of Iron.
A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery Benziger Brothers
verb -rets, -retting, -retted (US) -rets, -reting, -reted
(transitive) to combine or mix (a gas) with carbon or carbon compounds
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