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depotentiating

depotentiating is the present participle and gerund 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 depotentiating

What is depotentiating the present participle and gerund of?
Depotentiating is the present participle and gerund of depotentiate.

Words near depotentiating in the dictionary

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

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