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uncaste

uncaste verb: to free or remove from a caste system.

Verb

uncaste (third-person singular simple present uncastes, present participle uncasting, simple past and past participle uncasted)

  1. (transitive) To free or remove from a caste system.
    • […] credulous sepoys were told that […] the Christians would […] uncaste the whole Hindu population and outrage all their traditions and feelings.1904, William Lee-Warner, Life of the Marquis of Dalhousie

Forms of uncaste

third-person singular presentuncastes
present participleuncasting
past participleuncasted
pastuncasted

Origin of uncaste

From un- + caste.

Questions about uncaste

What does uncaste mean?
Uncaste means to free or remove from a caste system.
What part of speech is uncaste?
Uncaste is a verb.
What is the past tense of uncaste?
The past tense of uncaste is uncasted.

Words near uncaste in the dictionary

  1. uncassocked
  2. uncassocking
  3. uncassocks
  4. uncast
  5. uncastable
  6. uncaste
  7. uncasted
  8. uncastellated
  9. uncastes
  10. uncastigated
  11. uncasting

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