Denatured
adj, verb
adj, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of denature form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Having been deprived of its nature, having had its nature changed. not-comparable
- 2 Of alcohol: made undrinkable by adding a toxin or unpalatable substance, but still useful as a fuel or solvent. Traditionally achieved by the addition of methanol (wood alcohol) to ethanol (grain alcohol). not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 changed in nature or natural quality wordnet
Example
More examples"The Tatoeba corpus contains so many contributions that it can not be seriously damaged or denatured by the injection of any conceivable amount of noise."
Etymology
From denature + -ed.