dequantitate

English

Etymology

From Latin de- + quantitas. See quantity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːˈkwɒntɪteɪt/

Verb

dequantitate (third-person singular simple present dequantitates, present participle dequantitating, simple past and past participle dequantitated)

1. (obsolete, rare) To diminish the quantity of.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     pure gold […] is actually dequantitated by fire

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “dequantitate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)