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defreak en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + freak.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, rare, transitive) To cause no longer to be freakish, or a freak.
  2. (colloquial, rare, transitive) To cause no longer to be freaked out; to calm down.
    • I tell myself this is progress. After all, the first step to defreaking arachnaphobes is to hand them a picture of a cute baby spider; the big-hairy-tarantula-fondling comes later. 2016, Anna Maxted, Running In Heels, page 304:

Forms

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defreaking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
defreaked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
defreaked Tense=Past lexicographic
defreaks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic