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de-electrify en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + electrify.

Meanings

  1. To remove the electrification for powering electric trains from a railway.
    • It formed part of the LNER's electrified North Tyneside system until it was de-electrified by BR in 1963. 2023 November 29, Richard Foster, “Tyne & Wear Metro goes with the flow”, in RAIL, number 997, page 32:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
de-electrifies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
de-electrified Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
de-electrified Tense=Past lexicographic
de-electrifying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic