dename

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verb

To remove the name from.

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Meanings

verbdename (third-person singular simple present denames, present participle denaming, simple past and past participle denamed)

present singular third person denames · participle present denaming · participle past denamed · past denamed · alternative de-name

  1. transitiveTo remove the name from.

    Shortly after its re-entry into traffic, it was named County Durham on October 1 that year, although it was denamed later.

    2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 26
  2. datedobsoleteTo denominate.

Origin

From de- + name.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

dename. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dename

MLA

“dename.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dename. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dename,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dename.

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