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debarbarize

debarbarize verb: to remove the barbarian nature from; to make no longer barbaric.

Verb

debarbarize (third-person singular simple present debarbarizes, present participle debarbarizing, simple past and past participle debarbarized)

  1. (transitive) To remove the barbarian nature from; to make no longer barbaric.

Forms of debarbarize

third-person singular presentdebarbarizes
present participledebarbarizing
past participledebarbarized
pastdebarbarized

Origin of debarbarize

From de- + barbarize.

Questions about debarbarize

What does debarbarize mean?
Debarbarize means to remove the barbarian nature from; to make no longer barbaric.
What part of speech is debarbarize?
Debarbarize is a verb.
What is the past tense of debarbarize?
The past tense of debarbarize is debarbarized.

Words near debarbarize in the dictionary

  1. debaptizes
  2. debaptizing
  3. debar
  4. debarb
  5. debarbarization
  6. debarbarize
  7. debarbarized
  8. debarbarizes
  9. debarbarizing
  10. debarbed
  11. debarbing

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