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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

deverbalize en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /diːˈvɜːbəlaɪz/ (UK)

Etymology

From de- + verbalize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make non-verbal; to strip of words.
    • Attempts to make first culture-free and then culture-fair tests have largely been efforts to deverbalize intelligence. 1976, Lauren B Resnick, The nature of intelligence:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
deverbalizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
deverbalized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
deverbalized Tense=Past lexicographic
deverbalizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

deverbalization