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disincreased

disincreased is the simple past and past participle of disincrease.

Meaning of disincrease

Verb

disincrease (third-person singular simple present disincreases, present participle disincreasing, simple past and past participle disincreased)

  1. (rare) To diminish; to decrease in size or number.
    • My people have been so unhappy for a long time they wish now to disincrease, instead of multiply.1883, Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims, page 48

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Questions about disincreased

What is disincreased the simple past and past participle of?
Disincreased is the simple past and past participle of disincrease.

Words near disincreased in the dictionary

  1. disincorporates
  2. disincorporating
  3. disincorporation
  4. disincorporations
  5. disincrease
  6. disincreased
  7. disincreases
  8. disincreasing
  9. disindividualisation
  10. disindividualise
  11. disindividualised

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