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Desquamate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Desquamate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

peel off in scales

"dry skin desquamates"

2

To shed or peel.

See Also
peel desquamating desquamation desquamates shed
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
shed
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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