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Carbureted

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car·bu·ret  (kärb-rt, -rt, -by-)
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 carb, carbon; see carbon.]

car·bu·retion n.


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