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Webster 1913 Edition


Desynonymize

Deˊsyn-on′y-mize

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Verb.
T.
To deprive of synonymous character; to discriminate in use; – applied to words which have been employed as synonyms.
Coleridge. Trench.

Definition 2024


desynonymize

desynonymize

English

Verb

desynonymize (third-person singular simple present desynonymizes, present participle desynonymizing, simple past and past participle desynonymized)

  1. To deprive of synonymous character; to cause no longer to be synonyms.
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