dequantitate

verb

verb

/diːˈkwɒntɪteɪt/

Etymology First attested in 1646; from de- + quantity + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Obsolete, Rare To reduce the quantity of.

pure gold […]is actually dequantitated by fire1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

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