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unboying

unboying is the present participle and gerund of unboy.

Meaning of unboy

Verb

unboy (third-person singular simple present unboys, present participle unboying, simple past and past participle unboyed)

  1. (transitive) To divest of the traits of a boy.
    • it was now time to unboy him, by putting him into some action and acquaintance of business1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed...

Questions about unboying

What is unboying the present participle and gerund of?
Unboying is the present participle and gerund of unboy.

Words near unboying in the dictionary

  1. unboy
  2. unboycotted
  3. unboyed
  4. unboyfriend
  5. unboyfriends
  6. unboying
  7. unboyish
  8. unboyishly
  9. unboylike
  10. unboys
  11. unbra'd

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