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deadapt

deadapt verb: to adapt to a previous form.

Verb

deadapt (third-person singular simple present deadapts, present participle deadapting, simple past and past participle deadapted)

  1. (intransitive) To adapt to a previous form
    • In this experiment it was assumed on hypothesis ( 1 ) that the cells will deadapt or partially deadapt in the absence of caffeine and be required to readapt in its presence.1960, Journal Canadien de Génétique Et de Cytologie
    • This will allow adequate time for patients to deadapt (unmask, detoxify) from chemical exposure and give them time to adapt to the realities of coping with MCS through the program which will be described below.1997, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Gulf War Syndrome: To Examine New Studies Suggesting Links Between Gulf Service and Higher Rates of Illnesses...

Forms of deadapt

third-person singular presentdeadapts
present participledeadapting
past participledeadapted
pastdeadapted
alternative formde-adapt

Origin of deadapt

From de- + adapt.

Questions about deadapt

What does deadapt mean?
Deadapt means to adapt to a previous form.
What part of speech is deadapt?
Deadapt is a verb.
What is the past tense of deadapt?
The past tense of deadapt is deadapted.

Words near deadapt in the dictionary

  1. dead-stroke hammers
  2. dead-tree
  3. dead-tree edition
  4. dead-tree editions
  5. dead-wrong
  6. deadapt
  7. deadaptation
  8. deadaptations
  9. deadapted
  10. deadapting
  11. deadapts

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