| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| deracinate |
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| SYLLABICATION: | de·rac·i·nate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -r s -n t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: de·rac·i·nat·ed, de·rac·i·nat·ing, de·rac·i·nates
1. To pull out by the roots; uproot. 2. To displace from one's native or accustomed environment. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From French déraciner, from Old French desraciner : des-, de- + racine, root (from Late Latin rd cna, from Latin rdx, rdc-; see wrd- in Appendix I). | | OTHER FORMS: | de·raci·nation —NOUN
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