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depurinate

depurinate verb: to cause depurination.

Verb

depurinate (third-person singular simple present depurinates, present participle depurinating, simple past and past participle depurinated)

  1. (transitive) To cause depurination.
  2. (intransitive) To undergo depurination.

Forms of depurinate

third-person singular presentdepurinates
present participledepurinating
past participledepurinated
pastdepurinated

Origin of depurinate

From de- + purine + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Words formed from depurinate

Questions about depurinate

What does depurinate mean?
Depurinate means to cause depurination.
What part of speech is depurinate?
Depurinate is a verb.
What is the past tense of depurinate?
The past tense of depurinate is depurinated.

Words near depurinate in the dictionary

  1. depurgatory
  2. depurge
  3. depurged
  4. depurges
  5. depurging
  6. depurinate
  7. depurinated
  8. depurinates
  9. depurinating
  10. depurination
  11. depurinations

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