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denicotinize

denicotinize verb: to remove some or all of the nicotine from tobacco.

Verb

denicotinize (third-person singular simple present denicotinizes, present participle denicotinizing, simple past and past participle denicotinized)

  1. (transitive) to remove some or all of the nicotine from tobacco.
    • My invention relates to a chemical preparation, compound, or mixture to be used in pipes, pipe-stems, and cigar-holders, in any convenient mode or form, to denicotinize and deodorize tobacco-smoke,1873, United States. Patent Office, Specifications and Drawings of Patents Issued from the U.S. Patent Office, page 200
    • The solution of the problem how to denicotinize without destroying flavour is extraordinarily difficult and appears to be only partially solved.1933, Bulletin of Hygiene

Forms of denicotinize

third-person singular presentdenicotinizes
present participledenicotinizing
past participledenicotinized
pastdenicotinized

Questions about denicotinize

What does denicotinize mean?
Denicotinize means to remove some or all of the nicotine from tobacco.
What part of speech is denicotinize?
Denicotinize is a verb.
What is the past tense of denicotinize?
The past tense of denicotinize is denicotinized.

Words near denicotinize in the dictionary

  1. denibbing
  2. denibs
  3. denibulin
  4. DeNicola
  5. denicotinization
  6. denicotinize
  7. denicotinized
  8. denicotinizes
  9. denicotinizing
  10. deniculatin
  11. Denicull Creek

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