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unblight

unblight verb: to undo the blighting of; to cure or ameliorate.

Verb

unblight (third-person singular simple present unblights, present participle unblighting, simple past and past participle unblighted)

  1. (transitive) To undo the blighting of; to cure or ameliorate.
    • Despite their criticism I can't help feeling very pleased with this device for using planning permissions not to blight but to unblight areas.1976, Richard Howard Stafford Crossman, The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister: 1964-1966, page 404
    • […] the preservationist who sees the restoration of such cultural assets as a way to unblight and revitalize our decaying cities.1983, National Geographic, volume 164, page 279

Forms of unblight

third-person singular presentunblights
present participleunblighting
past participleunblighted
pastunblighted

Origin of unblight

From un- + blight.

Questions about unblight

What does unblight mean?
Unblight means to undo the blighting of; to cure or ameliorate.
What part of speech is unblight?
Unblight is a verb.
What is the past tense of unblight?
The past tense of unblight is unblighted.

Words near unblight in the dictionary

  1. unblessedness
  2. unblesses
  3. unblessing
  4. unblessings
  5. unblest
  6. unblight
  7. unblightable
  8. unblighted
  9. unblighting
  10. unblights
  11. unblind

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