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unblades

unblades is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unblade.

Meaning of unblade

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)

Questions about unblades

What is unblades the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unblades is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unblade.

Words near unblades in the dictionary

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

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