indifferentiate
indifferentiate verb: to make less distinct; to obscure any differentiation.
Verb
indifferentiate (third-person singular simple present indifferentiates, present participle indifferentiating, simple past and past participle indifferentiated)
- To make less distinct; to obscure any differentiation.
- if there be not in nature a state exactly the opposite of the primary action, it appears to endeavor to indifferentiate itself, that is, to make its superior power available in the extinction of the change wrought in it from without (by the medicine), in the place of which it substitutes its normal...1895, Samuel Hahnemann, Organon of Medicine, page 76
- To "reconcile" is not to harmonize but to indifferentiate polar differences, vivaciously balancing the oppositional tensions.2003, Stephen C. Foster, Hanne Bergius, Crisis and the Arts: The History of Dada - Volume 5, page 178
Forms of indifferentiate
| third-person singular present | indifferentiates |
|---|---|
| present participle | indifferentiating |
| past participle | indifferentiated |
| past | indifferentiated |
Origin of indifferentiate
From in- + differentiate.
Questions about indifferentiate
- What does indifferentiate mean?
- Indifferentiate means to make less distinct; to obscure any differentiation.
- What part of speech is indifferentiate?
- Indifferentiate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of indifferentiate?
- The past tense of indifferentiate is indifferentiated.
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