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decate

decate verb: synonym of decatize (“steam fabric”).

Verb

decate (third-person singular simple present decates, present participle decating, simple past and past participle decated)

  1. Synonym of decatize (“steam fabric”).
    • It is therefore important to decate only very slightly.1955, Modern Textiles Magazine
    • The Commanding General wished to know whether cloth going into storage should ever be decated. The opinion of the technologist was that , if the cloth was decated in the presence of DDT, the mothicide would steam-distill out[…]1956, John V. Haggard, Manufacture of Clothing, 1945-53, page 186
    Synonyms:
    decatize

Synonyms of decate

Forms of decate

third-person singular presentdecates
present participledecating
past participledecated
pastdecated

Origin of decate

From French décatir ("to remove the cati from"), from catir.

Questions about decate

What does decate mean?
Decate means synonym of decatize (“steam fabric”).
What part of speech is decate?
Decate is a verb.
What is the past tense of decate?
The past tense of decate is decated.

Words near decate in the dictionary

  1. decasyllabics
  2. decasyllable
  3. decasyllables
  4. decasyllabon
  5. decasyllabons
  6. decate
  7. decated
  8. decategorialisation
  9. decategorialise
  10. decategorialised
  11. decategorialises

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