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depotentiated

depotentiated is the simple past and past participle of depotentiate.

Meaning of depotentiate

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

Questions about depotentiated

What is depotentiated the simple past and past participle of?
Depotentiated is the simple past and past participle of depotentiate.

Words near depotentiated in the dictionary

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

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