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disincreasing

disincreasing is the present participle and gerund 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 disincreasing

What is disincreasing the present participle and gerund of?
Disincreasing is the present participle and gerund of disincrease.

Words near disincreasing in the dictionary

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

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