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deexcite

verb
/ˌdiːɛkˈsaɪt/UK

Etymology

From de- + excite.

  1. derived from excitō — “to call out, call forth, arouse, wake up, stimulate”
  2. derived from exciter
  3. inherited from exciten
  4. prefixed as deexcite — “de + excite”

Definitions

  1. To decrease the energy of something

  2. To move an atom etc to a lower energy level

The neighborhood

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