Decimate

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Decimate

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Subject:	Decimate
From:	"Reid" <>
Date:	Thu, 6 Nov 2003 11:17:20 +1100

The most probable correct antonym for 'decimate' would be to use the Latin
root for 'ify', meaning "to make or cause to become".

Thus, to make something become one-tenth of its former quantity or state,
the word would be 'decify'.

Regards

Reid

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