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unbespeak

unbespeak verb: to unsay; to annul or cancel something that has been said.

Verb

unbespeak (third-person singular simple present unbespeaks, present participle unbespeaking, simple past unbespoke, past participle unbespoken)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To unsay; to annul or cancel something that has been said.
    • […] after spending most of the afternoon also, I away home, and there sent for W. Hewer, and he and I by water to White Hall to loop among other things, for Mr. May, to unbespeak his dining with me to-morrow.1669 April 22 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “April 13th, 1669”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume VIII...

Forms of unbespeak

third-person singular presentunbespeaks
present participleunbespeaking
pastunbespoke
past participleunbespoken

Origin of unbespeak

From un- + bespeak.

Questions about unbespeak

What does unbespeak mean?
Unbespeak means to unsay; to annul or cancel something that has been said.
What part of speech is unbespeak?
Unbespeak is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbespeak?
The past tense of unbespeak is unbespoke.

Words near unbespeak in the dictionary

  1. unbesmirches
  2. unbesmirching
  3. unbesotted
  4. unbesought
  5. unbespattered
  6. unbespeak
  7. unbespeaking
  8. unbespeaks
  9. unbespectacled
  10. unbespoke
  11. unbespoken

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