Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

DEQUANTITATE

Definition: DEQUANTITATE

DEQUANTITATE

Transitive verb

1. To diminish the quantity of; to disquantity.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Dequantitate \De*quan"ti*tate\, transitive verb. [Latin expression de- quantatas, -atis. See Quantity.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms within Context: DEQUANTITATE

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Nonincrease, Decrease

Bate, abate, dequantitate; discount; depreciate; extenuate, lower, weaken, attenuate, fritter away; mitigate; (moderate); dwarf, throw into the shade; reduce; shorten; subtract. Adjective: unincreased; (see increase;); decreased; Verb: decreasing; Verb: on the wane; n.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Top     

Rhyming with "DEQUANTITATE"

Words rhyming with "DEQUANTITATE" (pronounced 'De*quan"ti*tate'): Abirritate, Ablactate, Acetate, Agitate, Amputate, Anastate, Angulo-dentate, Angustate, Aptate, Archontate, Argentate, Arietate, Aristate, Astate, Auscultate, Bicostate, Bidentate, Bidigitate, Bipeltate, Bipunctate, Biscutate, Biseptate, Capacitate, Capitate, Carbazotate, Circumagitate, Circumnutate, Circumrotate, Coestate, Commentate, Connotate, Constate, Contristate, Cooptate, Counterirritate, Crebricostate, Crepitate, Cristate, Cruentate, Curtate, Curvicostate, Curvidentate, Debilitate, Decantate, Decapitate, Decemdentate, Dehonestate, Deitate, Delectate, Denotate. (additional references)

Top     

Anagrams: DEQUANTITATE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-e-i-n-q-t-t-t-u"

-1 letter: quantitated.

-2 letters: antiquated, aquatinted, attenuated, inadequate, quantitate.

-3 letters: antiquate, attainted, attenuate, quintette.

-4 letters: adequate, antedate, antiqued, aquatint, attained, attitude, equitant, tautened, titanate.

-5 letters: antique, attaint, attuned, audient, dentate, detinue, dinette, equated, nutated, quanted, quieted, quieten, quinate, quintet, quitted, taeniae, tainted, taunted.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Top     

Alternative Orthography: DEQUANTITATE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 45 51 55 41 4E 54 49 54 41 54 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-..    .    --.-    ..-    .-    -.    -    ..    -    .-    -    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01000101 01010001 01010101 01000001 01001110 01010100 01001001 01010100 01000001 01010100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#69 &#81 &#85 &#65 &#78 &#84 &#73 &#84 &#65 &#84 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0045 0051 0055 0041 004E 0054 0049 0054 0041 0054 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

383951553548544354355439

Top     

 

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Rhymes
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.