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decertifies

decertifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of decertify.

Meaning of decertify

Verb

decertify (third-person singular simple present decertifies, present participle decertifying, simple past and past participle decertified)

  1. (transitive) To annul the certification of.
    • The American Medical Association (AMA) was formed in 1845 to gain for medical doctors a monopoly on legal licensure as health practitioners. The young AMA waged fierce (and quite successful) battles to de-certify the then-dominant natural healers — a range of herbalists, midwives, and homeopathic...1989 August 19, Bob Lederer, “Hiding Behind HIV”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 6, page 8
  2. (transitive, industrial relations) To annul a labor union.
    • As Sallas immediately said, the 130 scabs who so easily replaced the striking printers in '85 won't be foisted upon the union--to degrade it and possibly decertify it.1988 November 11, Michael Miner, “Strike Accord at the Tribune; Is the Sun-Times Next?”, in Chicago Reader

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What is decertifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Decertifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of decertify.

Words near decertifies in the dictionary

  1. decertation
  2. decertations
  3. decertification
  4. decertifications
  5. decertified
  6. decertifies
  7. decertify
  8. decertifying
  9. decession
  10. decessions
  11. decessive

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