deharden

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deharden (third-person singular simple present dehardens, present participle dehardening, simple past and past participle dehardened)

(transitive, intransitive) To make or become less hard (resistant to pressure).
- 1930, Camera: A Practical Magazine for Photographers, volume 41:
  It is possible by careful adjustment of concentrations to deharden the gelatine and cut down any obnoxious soaking periods to convenient times.
- 2015 December 19, “Impacts of Climate Change on the Timing of the Production Season of Maple Syrup in Eastern Canada”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:
  Below freezing winter temperatures must last long enough for the tree to begin the dehardening process necessary for the beginning of sap production; should this period become too short, tree physiology and vigor could be affected which would reduce sap production.

Anagrams edit

adherend, hardened