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detreat

detreat verb: to reverse the treatment of.

Verb

detreat (third-person singular simple present detreats, present participle detreating, simple past and past participle detreated)

  1. (transitive) To reverse the treatment of.
    • The tolerance applied to corn seed that was treated with the pesticide captan as a seed protectant and later detreated by washing or roasting so that the seed could be used as an animal feed.1993, Commerce Clearing House, Food, drug, cosmetic law reporter

Forms of detreat

third-person singular presentdetreats
present participledetreating
past participledetreated
pastdetreated

Origin of detreat

From de- + treat.

Questions about detreat

What does detreat mean?
Detreat means to reverse the treatment of.
What part of speech is detreat?
Detreat is a verb.
What is the past tense of detreat?
The past tense of detreat is detreated.

Words near detreat in the dictionary

  1. detrash
  2. detrashed
  3. detrashes
  4. detrashing
  5. Detraz
  6. detreat
  7. detreated
  8. detreating
  9. detreats
  10. detrect
  11. detrectation

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