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uncentury

uncentury verb: to remove from its actual century.

Verb

uncentury (third-person singular simple present uncenturies, present participle uncenturying, simple past and past participle uncenturied)

  1. (rare, transitive) To remove from its actual century.
    • It has first to uncentury itself.1833, Henry Drummond, Natural Law in the Spiritual World

Forms of uncentury

third-person singular presentuncenturies
present participleuncenturying
past participleuncenturied
pastuncenturied

Origin of uncentury

From un- + century.

Questions about uncentury

What does uncentury mean?
Uncentury means to remove from its actual century.
What part of speech is uncentury?
Uncentury is a verb.
What is the past tense of uncentury?
The past tense of uncentury is uncenturied.

Words near uncentury in the dictionary

  1. uncentredness
  2. uncentres
  3. uncentrifuged
  4. uncentring
  5. uncenturied
  6. uncentury
  7. uncerebral
  8. unceremented
  9. unceremonial
  10. unceremonially
  11. unceremonious

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