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depotentizing

depotentizing is the present participle and gerund of depotentize.

Meaning of depotentize

Verb

depotentize (third-person singular simple present depotentizes, present participle depotentizing, simple past and past participle depotentized)

  1. To make less potent.
    • It may act somewhat more decidedly upon this than upon the arterial, or rather it may tend to depotentize the arterial system in strict proportion as it may tend to cause a preponderance of the venous.1868, Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr, Frederick Greenwood Snelling, Hull's Jahr: A New Manual of Homoeopathic Practice

Questions about depotentizing

What is depotentizing the present participle and gerund of?
Depotentizing is the present participle and gerund of depotentize.

Words near depotentizing in the dictionary

  1. depotentises
  2. depotentising
  3. depotentize
  4. depotentized
  5. depotentizes
  6. depotentizing
  7. depots
  8. DePottey
  9. depower
  10. depowerable
  11. depowered

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