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despecificates

despecificates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of despecificate.

Meaning of despecificate

Verb

despecificate (third-person singular simple present despecificates, present participle despecificating, simple past and past participle despecificated)

  1. (rare) To discriminate; to separate according to specific signification or qualities; to specificate; to desynonymize.
    • Inaptitude and ineptitude have been usefully despecificated, and only the latter now imparts folly.1873, Fitzedward Hall, Modern English

Questions about despecificates

What is despecificates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Despecificates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of despecificate.

Words near despecificates in the dictionary

  1. despeciates
  2. despeciating
  3. despeciation
  4. despecificate
  5. despecificated
  6. despecificates
  7. despecificating
  8. despecification
  9. despeckle
  10. despeckled
  11. despeckler

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