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dehanced

dehanced is the simple past and past participle of dehance.

Meaning of dehance

Verb

dehance (third-person singular simple present dehances, present participle dehancing, simple past and past participle dehanced)

  1. (transitive) To worsen, to disimprove; to perform the opposite of enhancement upon.
    • Whether teaching ability is enhanced or dehanced by graduate study in education is a vital question to be answered […]1917, The American Schoolmaster, page 136
    Antonyms:
    enhance

Questions about dehanced

What is dehanced the simple past and past participle of?
Dehanced is the simple past and past participle of dehance.

Words near dehanced in the dictionary

  1. dehalogenation
  2. dehalogenations
  3. dehalogenative
  4. dehalorespiration
  5. dehance
  6. dehanced
  7. dehancement
  8. dehancements
  9. dehances
  10. dehancing
  11. deharden

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