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unbespeaking

unbespeaking is the present participle and gerund of unbespeak.

Meaning of unbespeak

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...

Questions about unbespeaking

What is unbespeaking the present participle and gerund of?
Unbespeaking is the present participle and gerund of unbespeak.

Words near unbespeaking in the dictionary

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

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