Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

devitalize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-vi-tal-ize
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To deprive of vitality; to make lifeless; to weaken.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: deanimate"
"Noncrushing surgical clamps avoid devitalizing the cells of arterial walls."
"Economic stress has devitalized some shopping malls in the web era."
"Not so long ago a Scotsman is reported to have exhumed the body of his daughter and burnt her heart, as he thought she was devitalising her remaining brother and sister and making them ill."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English vitalize English devitalize From de- + vitalize.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

devitalizes (present, singular) devitalizing (participle, present) devitalized (participle, past) devitalized (past)

Frequently Paired Words

devitalization dispirit kill

Synonyms

deanimate devitalise

Antonyms

animate reanimate rejuvenate revitalize vitalize

Questions

What does devitalize mean?: To deprive of vitality; to make lifeless; to weaken.
Where does devitalize come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English vitalize English devitalize From de- + vitalize.

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