Meanings
verbdeverbalize (third-person singular simple present deverbalizes, present participle deverbalizing, simple past and past participle deverbalized)
present singular third person deverbalizes · participle present deverbalizing · participle past deverbalized · past deverbalized
- transitiveTo make non-verbal; to strip of words.
Attempts to make first culture-free and then culture-fair tests have largely been efforts to deverbalize intelligence.
1976, Lauren B Resnick, The nature of intelligence
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APA
deverbalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deverbalize
MLA
“deverbalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deverbalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deverbalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deverbalize.
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