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paraffinate

paraffinate verb: to paraffin.

Verb

paraffinate (third-person singular simple present paraffinates, present participle paraffinating, simple past and past participle paraffinated)

  1. To paraffin.

Forms of paraffinate

third-person singular presentparaffinates
present participleparaffinating
past participleparaffinated
pastparaffinated

Origin of paraffinate

From paraffin + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about paraffinate

What does paraffinate mean?
Paraffinate means to paraffin.
What part of speech is paraffinate?
Paraffinate is a verb.
What is the past tense of paraffinate?
The past tense of paraffinate is paraffinated.

Words near paraffinate in the dictionary

  1. paraffin scale
  2. paraffin test
  3. paraffin tests
  4. paraffin wax
  5. paraffin waxes
  6. paraffinate
  7. paraffinated
  8. paraffine
  9. paraffined
  10. paraffiner
  11. paraffiners

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