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Meaning of "detoxicate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DETOXICATE

De- + -toxicate, from Latin toxicum poison.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DETOXICATE

detoxicate  [diːˈtɒksɪˌkeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DETOXICATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Detoxicate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb detoxicate in English.

WHAT DOES DETOXICATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of detoxicate in the English dictionary

The definition of detoxicate in the dictionary is to rid of a poison or its effects. Other definition of detoxicate is to counteract.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DETOXICATE

PRESENT

Present
I detoxicate
you detoxicate
he/she/it detoxicates
we detoxicate
you detoxicate
they detoxicate
Present continuous
I am detoxicating
you are detoxicating
he/she/it is detoxicating
we are detoxicating
you are detoxicating
they are detoxicating
Present perfect
I have detoxicated
you have detoxicated
he/she/it has detoxicated
we have detoxicated
you have detoxicated
they have detoxicated
Present perfect continuous
I have been detoxicating
you have been detoxicating
he/she/it has been detoxicating
we have been detoxicating
you have been detoxicating
they have been detoxicating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I detoxicated
you detoxicated
he/she/it detoxicated
we detoxicated
you detoxicated
they detoxicated
Past continuous
I was detoxicating
you were detoxicating
he/she/it was detoxicating
we were detoxicating
you were detoxicating
they were detoxicating
Past perfect
I had detoxicated
you had detoxicated
he/she/it had detoxicated
we had detoxicated
you had detoxicated
they had detoxicated
Past perfect continuous
I had been detoxicating
you had been detoxicating
he/she/it had been detoxicating
we had been detoxicating
you had been detoxicating
they had been detoxicating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will detoxicate
you will detoxicate
he/she/it will detoxicate
we will detoxicate
you will detoxicate
they will detoxicate
Future continuous
I will be detoxicating
you will be detoxicating
he/she/it will be detoxicating
we will be detoxicating
you will be detoxicating
they will be detoxicating
Future perfect
I will have detoxicated
you will have detoxicated
he/she/it will have detoxicated
we will have detoxicated
you will have detoxicated
they will have detoxicated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been detoxicating
you will have been detoxicating
he/she/it will have been detoxicating
we will have been detoxicating
you will have been detoxicating
they will have been detoxicating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would detoxicate
you would detoxicate
he/she/it would detoxicate
we would detoxicate
you would detoxicate
they would detoxicate
Conditional continuous
I would be detoxicating
you would be detoxicating
he/she/it would be detoxicating
we would be detoxicating
you would be detoxicating
they would be detoxicating
Conditional perfect
I would have detoxicate
you would have detoxicate
he/she/it would have detoxicate
we would have detoxicate
you would have detoxicate
they would have detoxicate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been detoxicating
you would have been detoxicating
he/she/it would have been detoxicating
we would have been detoxicating
you would have been detoxicating
they would have been detoxicating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you detoxicate
we let´s detoxicate
you detoxicate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to detoxicate
Past participle
detoxicated
Present Participle
detoxicating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DETOXICATE


abdicate
ˈæbdɪˌkeɪt
authenticate
ɔːˈθɛntɪˌkeɪt
communicate
kəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt
complicate
ˈkɒmplɪˌkeɪt
dedicate
ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪt
desiccate
ˈdɛsɪˌkeɪt
domesticate
dəˈmɛstɪˌkeɪt
eradicate
ɪˈrædɪˌkeɪt
exsiccate
ˈɛksɪˌkeɪt
fabricate
ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪt
implicate
ˈɪmplɪˌkeɪt
indicate
ˈɪndɪˌkeɪt
intoxicate
ɪnˈtɒksɪˌkeɪt
intrinsicate
ɪnˈtrɪnsɪˌkeɪt
lubricate
ˈluːbrɪˌkeɪt
medicate
ˈmɛdɪˌkeɪt
predicate
ˈprɛdɪˌkeɪt
replicate
ˈrɛplɪˌkeɪt
specificate
spɪˈsɪfɪˌkeɪt
vesicate
ˈvɛsɪˌkeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DETOXICATE

detonatable
detonate
detonation
detonative
detonator
detorsion
detort
detortion
detour
detox
detoxicant
detoxication
detoxication centre
detoxication programme
detoxification
detoxification centre
detoxification programme
detoxified
detoxifies
detoxify

WORDS THAT END LIKE DETOXICATE

aluminosilicate
applicate
birth certificate
borosilicate
certificate
clearance certificate
death certificate
delicate
duplicate
in triplicate
insurance certificate
intricate
locate
marriage certificate
orthosilicate
share certificate
silicate
silver certificate
stock certificate
syndicate
triplicate

Synonyms and antonyms of detoxicate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «detoxicate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DETOXICATE

Find out the translation of detoxicate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of detoxicate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «detoxicate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

解毒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

detoxicate
570 millions of speakers

English

detoxicate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

detoxicate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التسمم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

детоксикации
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

detoxicate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

detoxicate
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Détoxication
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Detoksifikasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

detoxicate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

解毒
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

detoxicate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Detoksifikasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giải độc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

detoxicate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Detoxicate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zehirin etkisini gidermek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

disintossicare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Detoksykacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

детоксикації
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

detoxicate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποτοξινώνουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

detoxicate
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

detoxicate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

detoxicate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of detoxicate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DETOXICATE»

The term «detoxicate» is used very little and occupies the 157.356 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DETOXICATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «detoxicate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «detoxicate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about detoxicate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DETOXICATE»

Discover the use of detoxicate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to detoxicate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Text Book of Plant Diseases
The black fungus is able to detoxicate phenols and quinones by converting them to bland black pigments, but the hyaline fungus cannot. Possibly, the hyaline strain of the Dutch elm disease fungus is unable to detoxicate the phenols or ...
G.P. Gupta, 2004
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Plant Pathology V1: The Diseased Plant
They found that Monilinia fructicola, a hyaline fungus, is poisoned by phenols and quinones while Stemphylium sarcimzeforme, a black fungus, generally is not . The black fungus is able to detoxicate phenols and quinones by converting them ...
James G. Horsfall, 2012
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Raw Vegetable Juices: What's Missing in Your Body?
(Read the chapter "TO DETOXICATE" on page 68.) Cathartics are merely irritants and while they remove some of the waste matter, they cannot possibly cause other than progressive degeneration of the intestines. The raw spinach 57.
N. W. Walker, 2003
4
Comprehensive Toxicology
Possibly, an ancestral FMO was important to detoxicate natural products. Later, as humans were exposed to less of these materials, other more region-specific issues placed selective pressure for molecular evolution (Cashman and Zhang ...
‎2010
5
A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
... plaintiff already possesses the goods sued upon. Detinet (lit., "he detains") = an action alleging simply that the defendant is wrongfully withholding money or chattels. 272 detoxicate detoxicate; detoxify. Detoxify is prevalent in AmE, detoxicate.
Bryan A. Garner, 2001
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Empowered
The Word is the best detoxicant for our spirit and soul. Get ona detox programme assoonas possible and youwill never regretit. In nature when you detoxicate youremove the toxins from your physical body (poisonous substances) so that your ...
Pat Munsamy, 2011
7
Physiological Characterization of Health Hazards in Man's ...
cases they tend to detoxicate a foreign compound, but there are several instances in which it is known that they increase toxicity by converting a compound into a toxic agent. Well known instances of this are the insecticides, parathion, and ...
‎1966
8
Garner's Modern American Usage
See names (d). detoxify; ✳detoxicate. Detoxify prevails in AmE and BrE alike. ✳ Detoxicate is a needless variant. detract; distract. Although detract can be transitive (meaning “to divert”) as well as intransitive (meaning “to take something away”) ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
9
Cytochromes
A paradox of this is that while cytochrome P450 can detoxicate molecular oxygen by activating it to superoxide anion which is then converted to water by superoxide dismutase and catalase, the superoxide may, alternatively, be converted into ...
David F.V. Lewis, 2003
10
Controlling Illegal Drugs: A Comparative Study
The research that has been done has been methodologically badly conducted ( Anglin and Hser 1990:429-32; Deschenes and Greenwood 1994:267-70). Nor have drug addicts been provided with sufficient opportunity to detoxicate and to ...
Sandro Segre, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DETOXICATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term detoxicate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hundred children in Hung Yen Province exposed to lead
The Department of Health said that it liaised with related agencies to urgently detoxicate lead exposure in 33 children. Moreover, health sector ... «SGGP, May 15»
2
Thousands rally against Occupy
The People Power protesters attempted to "detoxicate" the notion that equates Occupy Central with violence as they tried to show that "true" ... «Hong Kong Standard, Aug 14»
3
To avoid confusion, Kejriwal decides not to call anyone corrupt on …
“He has been playing this blame game recklessly for last few months. This break is going to detoxicate him,” explained a political analyst. «Firstpost, Apr 14»
4
Meeting the commander in chief and visiting Katuramu
Immediately after their program, President Museveni said he wanted to counter their words or, as they say, “detoxicate their toxins”. I was asked ... «Independent, Mar 14»
5
Mbabazi: Museveni calls 3rd MPs caucus
Among the unresolved issues is the budget for the MPs tapped to carry out a massive campaign in constituencies to 'detoxicate' Mbabazi's ... «The Observer, Mar 14»
6
Religion, True Faith, and Bad Politics
Religion is now used to demobilize and impede spread of political consciousness, or, in the words of the president, "to detoxicate the young ... «The Observer, Dec 13»
7
Sata Gags Civil Society Using NGO Board
He said its like the PF government is forcing the NGOs to drink poison and promise to offer them milk at a later stage to detoxicate the poison. «Zambia Reports, Jul 13»
8
I am tired of cheap politicking - Museveni
I will counter those people, we shall counter you and educate our people, detoxicate them from what you are planting in their heads," he said ... «New Vision, Jan 13»
9
A bigger killer than cancer
"We first detoxicate them for some days by putting them on substitutes that are, later also withdrawn. Counselling is the next step.". «Hindustan Times, Aug 12»
10
Four Die in Hungary in Toxic Red Mud Flood
Ambulance, armed forces and other authorities are present at significant numbers to rescue, detoxicate the area and secure safe transport. «Wall Street Journal, Oct 10»

REFERENCE
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