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depotentiate

depotentiate verb: to reduce the effect of a substance.

Verb

depotentiate (third-person singular simple present depotentiates, present participle depotentiating, simple past and past participle depotentiated)

  1. To reduce the effect of a substance.
  2. To deprive of power
    • I would certainly be the very last to argue that organized religion has not been a major historic source of Gay oppression. […] However, what we see in the "Sisters," despite their contrary claim, is not a depotentiating of that oppression but, rather, men who stand with the oppressor by continuing...1982 April 10, Mikhael Iktin, “Over-indulgence”, in Gay Community News, page 4

Forms of depotentiate

third-person singular presentdepotentiates
present participledepotentiating
past participledepotentiated
pastdepotentiated

Origin of depotentiate

From de- + potentiate.

Questions about depotentiate

What does depotentiate mean?
Depotentiate means to reduce the effect of a substance.
What part of speech is depotentiate?
Depotentiate is a verb.
What is the past tense of depotentiate?
The past tense of depotentiate is depotentiated.

Words near depotentiate in the dictionary

  1. deposystem
  2. deposystems
  3. depot
  4. depotentialization
  5. depotentialize
  6. depotentiate
  7. depotentiated
  8. depotentiates
  9. depotentiating
  10. depotentiation
  11. depotentiations

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