Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to denature
Participle: denatured
Gerund: denaturing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | denature |
| you | denature |
| he;she;it | denatures |
| we | denature |
| you | denature |
| they | denature |
Perfect
| I | have denatured |
| you | have denatured |
| he;she;it | has denatured |
| we | have denatured |
| you | have denatured |
| they | have denatured |
Past
| I | denatured |
| you | denatured |
| he;she;it | denatured |
| we | denatured |
| you | denatured |
| they | denatured |
Pluperfect
| I | had denatured |
| you | had denatured |
| he;she;it | had denatured |
| we | had denatured |
| you | had denatured |
| they | had denatured |
Future
| I | will denature |
| you | will denature |
| he;she;it | will denature |
| we | will denature |
| you | will denature |
| they | will denature |
Future Perfect
| I | will have denatured |
| you | will have denatured |
| he;she;it | will have denatured |
| we | will have denatured |
| you | will have denatured |
| they | will have denatured |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | denature |
| you | denature |
| he;she;it | denature |
| we | denature |
| you | denature |
| they | denature |
Perfect
| I | have denatured |
| you | have denatured |
| he;she;it | have denatured |
| we | have denatured |
| you | have denatured |
| they | have denatured |
Imperfect
| I | denatured |
| you | denatured |
| he;she;it | denatured |
| we | denatured |
| you | denatured |
| they | denatured |
Pluperfect
| I | had denatured |
| you | had denatured |
| he;she;it | had denatured |
| we | had denatured |
| you | had denatured |
| they | had denatured |
Conditional
Present
| I | would denature |
| you | would denature |
| he;she;it | would denature |
| we | would denature |
| you | would denature |
| they | would denature |
Perfect
| I | would have denatured |
| you | would have denatured |
| he;she;it | would have denatured |
| we | would have denatured |
| you | would have denatured |
| they | would have denatured |
Imperative
| you | denature |
| we | Let's denature |
| you | denature |
Verbs conjugated like 'denature'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'denature'
renature,
codenature,
defeature,
denaturate,
denaturise,
denaturize,
depasture,
feature,
nature,
unnature,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from French dénaturer. By surface analysis, de- + nature. See: French '
dénaturer'.
Sample Sentences
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While you cannot drink denatured alcohol, you can still use it to remove sticker glue from most surfaces.
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Sugars are wonderfully robust materials! Unlike proteins that easily denature and coagulate, unlike fats that are damaged by air and heat and go rancid, unlike starch chains that break apart into smaller chains of glucose molecules, sugars themselves are small and stable molecules. [2004, Harold McGee, chapter 12, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:]
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Because the activity of an enzyme depends on its structure, any change in that structure will destroy its effectiveness. So cooking foods sufficiently will denature and inactivate any enzymes they may contain. [2004, Harold McGee, chapter 15, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:]