"depower" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: depowers [present, singular, third-person], depowering [participle, present], depowered [participle, past], depowered [past]
Etymology: de- + power Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|power}} de- + power Head templates: {{en-verb}} depower (third-person singular simple present depowers, present participle depowering, simple past and past participle depowered)
  1. (transitive) To reduce the power of; to strip power from. Tags: transitive Synonyms: de-energize, power down, power off Derived forms: depowerable Related terms: disempower (english: morphologically similar but (by idiomatic accident) refers semantically only to social power, not electrical power) Translations (to deprive of power): dépouvoirer (French), tupe (Maori), whakaeo (Maori)
    Sense id: en-depower-en-verb-uf5AaHSf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for depower meaning in English (1.8kB)

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          "sense": "to deprive of power",
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      "sense": "to deprive of power",
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