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      decrepitate
      verb
      to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops
      undergo decrepitation and crackle
      Roots
      dede- · Latin · intensive, thoroughlycreparecrepit- · Latin · crackle, rattleatus-ate · Latin · make, cause to be
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      The word decrepitate breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: de-, from Latin de (“intensive, thoroughly”); crepit, from Latin crepare (“crackle, rattle”); and -ate, from Latin atus (“make, cause to be”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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