inactivate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ɪˈnæktɪveɪt/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvus Latin ināctīvuslbor. French inactifder. English inactive Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English inactivate From inactive + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or in- + activate.
Meanings
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(transitive) To make inactive.
'Computer inactivated,' Crawford reported. 'I get nothing at all.'
1974, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, The Mote in God's Eye:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| inactivating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| inactivates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| inactivated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| inactivated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
phosphoinactivating · deinactivate · thermoinactivate · photoinactivate · inactivatable · uninactivated · noninactivating · inactivator
Relateds
Translations (3)
ja 不活発にする (to put out of action) · cmn 使不活動 /使不活动 (to put out of action) · mi whakakaurapa (to put out of action)