Definition of Decertify

1. Verb. Cause to be no longer approved or accepted. "Carter derecognized Taiwan in 1979 after the U.S. recognized the People's Republic of China"

Exact synonyms: Derecognise, Derecognize
Antonyms: Certify

Definition of Decertify

1. Verb. To remove the certification of. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Decertify

1. [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decertify

decernitures
decerns
decerp
decerped
decerping
decerps
decerpt
decerption
decerptions
decertation
decertations
decertification
decertifications
decertified
decertifies
decertify (current term)
decertifying
decession
decessions
dechanneling
decharm
decharmed
decharming
decharms
dechlorane
dechloridation
dechlorinate
dechlorinated
dechlorinates
dechlorinating

Literary usage of Decertify

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mexican and American Responses to the International Narcotics Threat edited by Jesse Helms (1999)
"Maybe we should decertify. The President may be right. ... But to suggest that because we decertify Colombia may have the same drug problem or similar ..."

2. Tax Increment Financing (in Minnesota) by James Noble, Roger Brooks (1996)
"Decertified Districts County auditors decertify a tax increment financing district when the district reaches the end of its statutory duration limit. ..."

3. Rethinking International Drug Control: New Directions for U.S. Policy by Mathea Falco (1997)
"The United States is less likely to decertify countries where economic, trade and security concerns lead the bilateral agenda. In 1996, after extensive ..."

4. Annual Institute on Municipal Finance Law: Course Handbook by Practising Law Institute (1900)
"Defendants Memorandum in Support of their Motion to decertify the Lawsuit as ... Defendants' motion to decertify this action as a class action u denied. ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature by William Johnson (1865)
"... and by him, on the 5th of decertify , lhe. wife. her. 1809, assigned to the plaintiff. The plaintiff also pro- aim which did , , . rni nm , fi • . ..."

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