"deharden" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "de- + harden",
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      "form": "dehardens",
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          "ref": "1930, Camera: A Practical Magazine for Photographers, volume 41",
          "text": "It is possible by careful adjustment of concentrations to deharden the gelatine and cut down any obnoxious soaking periods to convenient times.",
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          "ref": "2015 December 19, “Impacts of Climate Change on the Timing of the Production Season of Maple Syrup in Eastern Canada”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI",
          "text": "Below freezing winter temperatures must last long enough for the tree to begin the dehardening process necessary for the beginning of sap production; should this period become too short, tree physiology and vigor could be affected which would reduce sap production.",
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        "To make or become less hard (resistant to pressure)."
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To make or become less hard (resistant to pressure)."
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  "word": "deharden"
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      "form": "dehardening",
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    {
      "form": "dehardened",
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      "form": "dehardened",
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