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dequantitating

dequantitating is the present participle and gerund of dequantitate.

Meaning of dequantitate

Verb

dequantitate (third-person singular simple present dequantitates, present participle dequantitating, simple past and past participle dequantitated)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To reduce the quantity of.
    • pure gold […]is actually dequantitated by fire1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Questions about dequantitating

What is dequantitating the present participle and gerund of?
Dequantitating is the present participle and gerund of dequantitate.

Words near dequantitating in the dictionary

  1. dequalifications
  2. dequalinium
  3. dequantitate
  4. dequantitated
  5. dequantitates
  6. dequantitating
  7. dequantization
  8. dequantizations
  9. dequantize
  10. dequantized
  11. dequantizes

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