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decaptivate

decaptivate verb: to make not captive, or less captive; to free.

Verb

decaptivate (third-person singular simple present decaptivates, present participle decaptivating, simple past and past participle decaptivated)

  1. (transitive) To make not captive, or less captive; to free.

Forms of decaptivate

third-person singular presentdecaptivates
present participledecaptivating
past participledecaptivated
pastdecaptivated

Origin of decaptivate

From de- + captivate.

Questions about decaptivate

What does decaptivate mean?
Decaptivate means to make not captive, or less captive; to free.
What part of speech is decaptivate?
Decaptivate is a verb.
What is the past tense of decaptivate?
The past tense of decaptivate is decaptivated.

Words near decaptivate in the dictionary

  1. decapsulated
  2. decapsulates
  3. decapsulating
  4. decapsulation
  5. decapsulations
  6. decaptivate
  7. decaptivated
  8. decaptivates
  9. decaptivating
  10. decapulate
  11. decapulated

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