deactivate
verbEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actifbor. Middle English actyf English active Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English activate English deactivate From de- + activate.
- derived from actifbor
- derived from āctīvusbor
Definitions
to make something inactive or no longer effective
- deactivate an account
- deactivate a device
- The technician deactivated the alarm system before repairs began.
to prevent the action of a biochemical agent (such as an enzyme)
- chemically deactivate
- The chemical agent was deactivated by exposure to heat.
to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service
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to commit suicide
The neighborhood
- neighboractivate
- neighborinactivate
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at deactivate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at deactivate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
6 hops · closes at deactivate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA