- (v.t.) To impregnate or combine with carbon, as in making steel by cementation.
- (v.t.) To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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