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de-hex

de-hex is the alternative form of dehex.

Meaning of dehex

Verb

dehex (third-person singular simple present dehexes, present participle dehexing, simple past and past participle dehexed)

  1. (transitive) To remove a hex (a spell, especially an evil spell).
    • Believing that the suspect may have consulted a voodoo doctor prior to the exam, the examiner took a doll from his desk and proceeded to dehex the suspect.2012, William Prokasy, Electrodermal Activity in Psychological Research

Forms of de-hex

third-person singular presentde-hexes
present participlede-hexing
past participlede-hexed
pastde-hexed

Questions about de-hex

What is de-hex the alternative form of?
De-hex is the alternative form of dehex.

Words near de-hex in the dictionary

  1. de-Googling
  2. de-haunt
  3. de-haunted
  4. de-haunting
  5. de-haunts
  6. de-hex
  7. de-hexed
  8. de-hexes
  9. de-hexing
  10. de-humanise
  11. de-humanises

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