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debitterize

debitterize verb: to treat (a substance) to eliminate its bitter taste.

Verb

debitterize (third-person singular simple present debitterizes, present participle debitterizing, simple past and past participle debitterized)

  1. (transitive) To treat (a substance) to eliminate its bitter taste.

Forms of debitterize

third-person singular presentdebitterizes
present participledebitterizing
past participledebitterized
pastdebitterized

Origin of debitterize

From de- + bitter + -ize.

Questions about debitterize

What does debitterize mean?
Debitterize means to treat (a substance) to eliminate its bitter taste.
What part of speech is debitterize?
Debitterize is a verb.
What is the past tense of debitterize?
The past tense of debitterize is debitterized.

Words near debitterize in the dictionary

  1. debits
  2. debitter
  3. debittered
  4. debittering
  5. debitterization
  6. debitterize
  7. debitterized
  8. debitterizes
  9. debitterizing
  10. debitters
  11. debituminisation

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