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deprotect

deprotect verb: to remove protection from.

Verb

deprotect (third-person singular simple present deprotects, present participle deprotecting, simple past and past participle deprotected)

  1. To remove protection from.
  2. To remove a protecting group from.

Forms of deprotect

third-person singular presentdeprotects
present participledeprotecting
past participledeprotected
pastdeprotected

Origin of deprotect

From de- + protect.; compare unprotect.

Questions about deprotect

What does deprotect mean?
Deprotect means to remove protection from.
What part of speech is deprotect?
Deprotect is a verb.
What is the past tense of deprotect?
The past tense of deprotect is deprotected.

Words near deprotect in the dictionary

  1. deproscribing
  2. deproscription
  3. deprostil
  4. deprostrate
  5. deprotamination
  6. deprotect
  7. deprotectant
  8. deprotectants
  9. deprotected
  10. deprotecting
  11. deprotection

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