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depotentiate, v.|ˌdiːpəʊˈtɛnʃɪeɪt|
[f. de- II. 1 + L. potentia power: cf. potentiate.]
trans. To deprive of power or potency. Hence depoˈtentiated ppl. a., depotentiˈation.
1841Fraser's Mag. XXIII. 144 Productive powers, which unite together, combine not as dead materials by addition, but multiply into and potentiate one another, as in separating they do not merely subtract from each other, but utterly depotentiate. 1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. I. 463 A temporary self-exinanition or depotentiation of the pre-existent Logos. 1886A. B. Bruce Mirac. Elem. in Gospels viii. 275 Christ's life on earth in reference to the divine aspect was a depotentiated life. |