deadapt

D2E1A1D2A1P3T1

verb

To adapt to a previous form

Scrabble 11

Meanings

verbdeadapt (third-person singular simple present deadapts, present participle deadapting, simple past and past participle deadapted)

present singular third person deadapts · participle present deadapting · participle past deadapted · past deadapted · alternative de-adapt

  1. 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 75
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    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 Cytologie

    This 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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  8. Proto-Italic*ad
  9. Proto-Italic*ad-
  10. Latinad-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ptós
  13. Proto-Italic*aptos
  14. Latinaptus
  15. Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
  16. Proto-Italic*apjō
  17. Latinapiō
  18. Latinaptō
  19. Latinadaptō
  20. Middle English*adapten
  21. Englishadapt
  22. Englishdeadapt

From de- + adapt.

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APA

deadapt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadapt

MLA

“deadapt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadapt. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deadapt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadapt.

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