"depersonate" meaning in English

See depersonate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: depersonates [present, singular, third-person], depersonating [participle, present], depersonated [participle, past], depersonated [past]
Etymology: From de- + person + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|de-|person|-ate|id3=verb|pos3=verb-forming suffix}} de- + person + -ate (verb-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} depersonate (third-person singular simple present depersonates, present participle depersonating, simple past and past participle depersonated)
  1. To depersonalize; to remove the status of a person.

Inflected forms

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