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deassimilate

deassimilate verb: to undo the assimilation of.

Verb

deassimilate (third-person singular simple present deassimilates, present participle deassimilating, simple past and past participle deassimilated)

  1. (transitive) To undo the assimilation of.

Forms of deassimilate

third-person singular presentdeassimilates
present participledeassimilating
past participledeassimilated
pastdeassimilated

Origin of deassimilate

From de- + assimilate.

Questions about deassimilate

What does deassimilate mean?
Deassimilate means to undo the assimilation of.
What part of speech is deassimilate?
Deassimilate is a verb.
What is the past tense of deassimilate?
The past tense of deassimilate is deassimilated.

Words near deassimilate in the dictionary

  1. deasserting
  2. deassertion
  3. deassertions
  4. deasserts
  5. deasses
  6. deassimilate
  7. deassimilated
  8. deassimilates
  9. deassimilating
  10. deassimilation
  11. deassimilations

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