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unchest

unchest verb: to remove from a chest.

Verb

unchest (third-person singular simple present unchests, present participle unchesting, simple past and past participle unchested)

  1. (rare, transitive) To remove from a chest.
    • In the Christmas holidays I unchested the chested books, and put them into the drawing-room, where they are often aired by good fires.1905, Ulster Journal of Archaeology, page 94
    • [He] greeted Blowitz with warmth and apologized for having failed in his joint request with Hohenlohe to get Bismarck to unchest the Treaty.1974, Frank Giles, A Prince of Journalists, page 110

Forms of unchest

third-person singular presentunchests
present participleunchesting
past participleunchested
pastunchested

Origin of unchest

From un- + chest.

Questions about unchest

What does unchest mean?
Unchest means to remove from a chest.
What part of speech is unchest?
Unchest is a verb.
What is the past tense of unchest?
The past tense of unchest is unchested.

Words near unchest in the dictionary

  1. uncherishable
  2. uncherished
  3. uncherishing
  4. uncherubic
  5. unches
  6. unchest
  7. unchested
  8. unchesting
  9. unchests
  10. unchevroned
  11. unchewability

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