DEPOLARIZE

De‐po″lar‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depolarized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Depolarizing.] [[Pref. de- + polarize: cf. F. dépolarizer.]] 1. 1. (Opt.) To deprive of polarity; to reduce to an unpolarized condition.
☞ This word has been inaccurately applied in optics to describe the effect of a polarizing medium, as a crystalline plate, in causing the reappearance of a ray, in consequence of a change in its plane of polarization, which previously to the change was intercepted by the analyzer. 2. 2. (Elec.) To free from polarization, as the negative plate of the voltaic battery.