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dehonestate

dehonestate verb: to disparage.

Verb

dehonestate (third-person singular simple present dehonestates, present participle dehonestating, simple past and past participle dehonestated)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To disparage.
    • dehonestate the intellects of married women1825, Charles Lamb, “Unitarian Protests”, in London Magazine

Forms of dehonestate

third-person singular presentdehonestates
present participledehonestating
past participledehonestated
pastdehonestated

Origin of dehonestate

First attested in 1663; borrowed from Latin dēhonestātus, perfect passive participle of dēhonestō (“to dishonour”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about dehonestate

What does dehonestate mean?
Dehonestate means to disparage.
What part of speech is dehonestate?
Dehonestate is a verb.
What is the past tense of dehonestate?
The past tense of dehonestate is dehonestated.

Words near dehonestate in the dictionary

  1. Dehn surgery
  2. Dehnert
  3. Dehnerts
  4. Dehns
  5. dehnstufe
  6. dehonestate
  7. dehonestated
  8. dehonestates
  9. dehonestating
  10. dehonestation
  11. Dehong

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