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decrepitate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb decrepitate has 2 senses
- decrepitate(v = verb.change) Array - undergo decrepitation and crackle; "The salt decrepitated" is one way to change
- decrepitate(v = verb.change) Array - to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops; "decrepitate salts" is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived form noun decrepitation1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Derived form noun decrepitation1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
decrepitate, v.
1 tr. roast or calcine (a mineral or salt) until it stops crackling.
2 intr. crackle under heat.
1 tr. roast or calcine (a mineral or salt) until it stops crackling.
2 intr. crackle under heat.
Derivative
decrepitation n.
Etymology
prob. mod.L decrepitare f. DE- + L crepitare crackle
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