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dehex

dehex verb: to remove a hex (a spell, especially an evil spell).

Verb

dehex (third-person singular simple present dehexes, present participle dehexing, simple past and past participle dehexed)

  1. (transitive) To remove a hex (a spell, especially an evil spell).
    • Believing that the suspect may have consulted a voodoo doctor prior to the exam, the examiner took a doll from his desk and proceeded to dehex the suspect.2012, William Prokasy, Electrodermal Activity in Psychological Research

Forms of dehex

third-person singular presentdehexes
present participledehexing
past participledehexed
pastdehexed
alternative formde-hex

Origin of dehex

From de- + hex.

Questions about dehex

What does dehex mean?
Dehex means to remove a hex (a spell, especially an evil spell).
What part of speech is dehex?
Dehex is a verb.
What is the past tense of dehex?
The past tense of dehex is dehexed.

Words near dehex in the dictionary

  1. dehemoglobinizes
  2. dehemoglobinizing
  3. dehestan
  4. dehestans
  5. Deheubarth
  6. dehex
  7. dehexed
  8. dehexes
  9. dehexing
  10. dehgan
  11. dehgans

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