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unbrothering

unbrothering is the present participle and gerund of unbrother.

Meaning of unbrother

Verb

unbrother (third-person singular simple present unbrothers, present participle unbrothering, simple past and past participle unbrothered)

  1. (transitive) To make no longer a brother; to expel from a brotherhood.
    • It is not in the power of the sins of our infirmity, to unbrother us; when we look at the acts themselves, they are heinous; when at the persons, they are so much more faulty as more obliged; but when we look at the mercy of thee who hast called us, now, Who shall separate us?1808, Joseph Hall, Contemplations on the Old Testament: Books xix, xx and xxi, page 512

Questions about unbrothering

What is unbrothering the present participle and gerund of?
Unbrothering is the present participle and gerund of unbrother.

Words near unbrothering in the dictionary

  1. unbrookable
  2. unbrookably
  3. unbrooked
  4. unbrother
  5. unbrothered
  6. unbrothering
  7. unbrotherlike
  8. unbrotherliness
  9. unbrotherly
  10. unbrothers
  11. unbrought

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