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unbewised

unbewised adjective: unconscious; unproven.

Adjective

unbewised (comparative more unbewised, superlative most unbewised)

  1. (nonce-word) Unconscious; unproven.
    • Can the polysemic and nomadic meanings of a text such as the Qur'an overcome the unbewised efforts to reduce it to monologic decree?1990, Dennis J. Schmidt, Hermeneutics and the Potic Motion

Forms of unbewised

comparativemore unbewised
superlativemost unbewised

Origin of unbewised

From un- + be- + wised, perhaps modelled after German unbewusst (“unconscious, unwitting, involuntary”) or German unbewiesen (“unproven, unverified”). Compare also Dutch onbewijst (“unproven, unverified”).

Questions about unbewised

What does unbewised mean?
Unbewised means unconscious; unproven.
What part of speech is unbewised?
Unbewised is an adjective.

Words near unbewised in the dictionary

  1. unbewept
  2. unbewilder
  3. unbewildered
  4. unbewildering
  5. unbewilders
  6. unbewised
  7. unbewitch
  8. unbewitched
  9. unbewitcher
  10. unbewitchers
  11. unbewitches

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