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detreats

detreats is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 detreats

What is detreats the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Detreats is the third-person singular simple present indicative of detreat.

Words near detreats in the dictionary

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

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