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deverbalizing

deverbalizing is the present participle and gerund of deverbalize.

Meaning of deverbalize

Verb

deverbalize (third-person singular simple present deverbalizes, present participle deverbalizing, simple past and past participle deverbalized)

  1. (transitive) To make non-verbal; to strip of words.
    • Attempts to make first culture-free and then culture-fair tests have largely been efforts to deverbalize intelligence.1976, Lauren B Resnick, The nature of intelligence

Questions about deverbalizing

What is deverbalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Deverbalizing is the present participle and gerund of deverbalize.

Words near deverbalizing in the dictionary

  1. deverbalization
  2. deverbalizations
  3. deverbalize
  4. deverbalized
  5. deverbalizes
  6. deverbalizing
  7. deverbally
  8. deverbals
  9. deverbative
  10. deverbatives
  11. Devere

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