depersonate
depersonate verb: to depersonalize; to remove the status of a person.
Verb
depersonate (third-person singular simple present depersonates, present participle depersonating, simple past and past participle depersonated)
- To depersonalize; to remove the status of a person.
- Is there not a tendency to speak of the operation of the Holy Spirit as that of an influence, rather than an agency — to depersonate or impersonate Him?1847, The Biblical review, and Congregational magazine
- In "St. Simeon Stylites" (1833), camparably, the monologist's obsession with gaining a sanctified fame leads him to depersonate himself into the very stone pillar on which he sits, the epithet by which he has his identity: he names himself, "I, Simeon of the pillar, by surname / Stylites, among...1993, Herbert F. Tucker, Critical essays on Alfred Lord Tennyson, page 101
Forms of depersonate
| third-person singular present | depersonates |
|---|---|
| present participle | depersonating |
| past participle | depersonated |
| past | depersonated |
Origin of depersonate
From de- + person + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Questions about depersonate
- What does depersonate mean?
- Depersonate means to depersonalize; to remove the status of a person.
- What part of speech is depersonate?
- Depersonate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of depersonate?
- The past tense of depersonate is depersonated.
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