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unblade

unblade verb: to disarm (someone) of a blade.

Verb

unblade (third-person singular simple present unblades, present participle unblading, simple past and past participle unbladed)

  1. (rare, transitive) To disarm (someone) of a blade.
    • It was not long, despite my thin stature and feminine shape, I could easily unblade most of the men on board.2008, Debora Leigh Crystal, The Black Dragon, page 97
  2. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To make no longer bladish; to stop (a person) behaving like a dashing young man.
    • And I shall take it as a favour too, / If for the same price you made him valiant, / You will unblade him: […]"The Gamesters" (play) in 1791, John Bell, British Theatre (volume 7, page 90)

Forms of unblade

third-person singular presentunblades
present participleunblading
past participleunbladed
pastunbladed

Origin of unblade

un- + blade

Questions about unblade

What does unblade mean?
Unblade means to disarm (someone) of a blade.
What part of speech is unblade?
Unblade is a verb.
What is the past tense of unblade?
The past tense of unblade is unbladed.

Words near unblade in the dictionary

  1. unblackleaded
  2. unblacklist
  3. unblacklisted
  4. unblackmailable
  5. unblackmailed
  6. unblade
  7. unbladed
  8. unblades
  9. unblading
  10. unblamable
  11. unblamableness

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