Meanings
present singular third person deadapts · participle present deadapting · participle past deadapted · past deadapted · alternative de-adapt
- intransitiveTo adapt to a previous form
After prism removal, with continued pointing to visual targets, healthy participants are typically very fast to deadapt and return to baseline accuracy...
2014, Oscar Gonzalez-Perez, Jose Manuel Garcia-Verdugo, Adan Aguirre, The ventricular-subventricular zone: a source of oligodendrocytes in the adult brain, Frontiers E-books, →ISBN, page 752 more examples
In this experiment it was assumed on hypothesis ( 1 ) that the cells will deadapt or partially deadapt in the absence of caffeine and be required to readapt in its presence.
1960, Journal Canadien de Génétique Et de CytologieThis will allow adequate time for patients to deadapt (unmask, detoxify) from chemical exposure and give them time to adapt to the realities of coping with MCS through the program which will be described below.
1997, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Gulf War Syndrome: To Examine New Studies Suggesting Links Between Gulf Service and Higher Rates of Illnesses : Hearing Before the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, January 21, 1997
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ptós
- Proto-Italic*aptos
- Latinaptus
- Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
- Proto-Italic*apjō
- Latinapiō
- Latinaptō
- Latinadaptō
- Middle English*adapten
- Englishadapt
- Englishdeadapt
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deadapt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadapt
“deadapt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadapt. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deadapt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadapt.
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