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denudate

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den⋅u⋅date

[v. den-yoo-deyt, di-noo-deyt, -nyoo-; adj. di-noo-deyt, -nyoo-, den-yoo-deyt] verb, -dat⋅ed, -dat⋅ing, adjective
–verb (used with object)
1. to make bare; strip; denude.
–adjective
2. denuded; bare.

Origin:
1620–30; < L dēnūdātus, ptp. of dēnūdāre to denude; see -ate 1
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de·nu·date   (dĭ-nōō'dāt', -nyōō'-)   
tr.v.   de·nu·dat·ed, de·nu·dat·ing, de·nu·dates
To denude.
adj.  Bare; denuded.

[Latin dēnūdāre, dēnūdāt-; see denude.]
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