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derelinquished

derelinquished is the simple past and past participle of derelinquish.

Meaning of derelinquish

Verb

derelinquish (third-person singular simple present derelinquishes, present participle derelinquishing, simple past and past participle derelinquished)

  1. to abandon or desert, to leave to itself
    • During this elemental conflict, and the crash and ruin of the submerged continent, many of its component parts must have been reduced to atoms, and dispersed through the swelling waves that usurped its place. The more liquid bitumens must by the agitation have intimately mixed with them. They must...1799, Richard Kirwan, Geological Essays, London: Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street for D. Bremer (successor to Mr. Elmsly) Strand, page 81

Questions about derelinquished

What is derelinquished the simple past and past participle of?
Derelinquished is the simple past and past participle of derelinquish.

Words near derelinquished in the dictionary

  1. dereligionize
  2. dereligionized
  3. dereligionizes
  4. dereligionizing
  5. derelinquish
  6. derelinquished
  7. derelinquishes
  8. derelinquishing
  9. derelomine
  10. derender
  11. derendering

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