deprotect

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verb

To remove protection from.

OriginEnglish protect ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē →
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Meanings

verbdeprotect (third-person singular simple present deprotects, present participle deprotecting, simple past and past participle deprotected)

present singular third person deprotects · participle present deprotecting · participle past deprotected · past deprotected

  1. To remove protection from.
  2. chemistryTo remove a protecting group from.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishprotect
  8. Englishdeprotect

From de- + protect.; compare unprotect.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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