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deacylate

deacylate verb: to cause, or to undergo deacylation.

Verb

deacylate (third-person singular simple present deacylates, present participle deacylating, simple past and past participle deacylated)

  1. To cause, or to undergo deacylation

Forms of deacylate

third-person singular presentdeacylates
present participledeacylating
past participledeacylated
pastdeacylated

Origin of deacylate

From de- + acylate.

Questions about deacylate

What does deacylate mean?
Deacylate means to cause, or to undergo deacylation.
What part of speech is deacylate?
Deacylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of deacylate?
The past tense of deacylate is deacylated.

Words near deacylate in the dictionary

  1. deactylase
  2. deactylation
  3. deacyl
  4. deacylase
  5. deacylases
  6. deacylate
  7. deacylated
  8. deacylates
  9. deacylating
  10. deacylation
  11. deacylations

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