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Declassing

Declass \De*class"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Declassed; p. pr. & vb. n. Declassing.] [Cf. F. d['e]classer.] To remove from a class; to separate or degrade from one's class.
--North Am. Rev. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] ||

Usage examples of "declassing".

Did she further sense that contemporary circumstances were demoting or declassing the poets, reducing their size, reducing their reach?