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detreating

detreating is the present participle and gerund of detreat.

Meaning of detreat

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

Questions about detreating

What is detreating the present participle and gerund of?
Detreating is the present participle and gerund of detreat.

Words near detreating in the dictionary

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

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