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disutilize

disutilize verb: to deprive of utility; to render useless.

Verb

disutilize (third-person singular simple present disutilizes, present participle disutilizing, simple past and past participle disutilized)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of utility; to render useless.
    • Death's black dust, being blown,
      Infiltrated through every secret fold
      Of this sealed letter by a puff of fate,
      Dried up forever the fresh-written ink,
      Annulled the gift, disutilized the grace,
      And left these fragments.1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh

Forms of disutilize

third-person singular presentdisutilizes
present participledisutilizing
past participledisutilized
pastdisutilized

Origin of disutilize

From dis- + utilize.

Questions about disutilize

What does disutilize mean?
Disutilize means to deprive of utility; to render useless.
What part of speech is disutilize?
Disutilize is a verb.
What is the past tense of disutilize?
The past tense of disutilize is disutilized.

Words near disutilize in the dictionary

  1. disused
  2. disuses
  3. disusing
  4. disutilities
  5. disutility
  6. disutilize
  7. disutilized
  8. disutilizes
  9. disutilizing
  10. disvaluable
  11. disvaluation

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