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deproved

deproved is the simple past and past participle of deprove.

Meaning of deprove

Verb (1)

deprove (third-person singular simple present deproves, present participle deproving, simple past and past participle deproved)

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To worsen.
    • As you can see, Sacramento, the Lakers and Mavericks have improved tremendously from last season, with a quite negligible difference between the three teams. And it's now official; Da Warriors are the most deproved team in the league, with Miami falling apart rapidly.1995 February 18, Chua Hak Lien, “Most Improved / Most Deproved Teams..”, in rec.sport.basketball.pro (Usenet)

Verb (2)

deprove (third-person singular simple present deproves, present participle deproving, simple past and past participle deproved)

  1. (nonstandard, rare, transitive) To disprove.
    • Perhaps, however I feel it to be more than a simple hypothesis. A "hypothesis" is tested, and thus, while no actual "proof" exists, failure to "deprove" the original hypothesis supports it.1996 May 31, Mark Baerlocher, “To Mitchell Holman (deterrent)”, in alt.activism.death-penalty (Usenet)

Questions about deproved

What is deproved the simple past and past participle of?
Deproved is the simple past and past participle of deprove.

Words near deproved in the dictionary

  1. deprotonization
  2. deprotonizations
  3. deprotonize
  4. deprotonized
  5. deprove
  6. deproved
  7. deproves
  8. deprovincialization
  9. deprovincialize
  10. deprovincialized
  11. deprovincializes

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