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unchesting

unchesting is the present participle and gerund of unchest.

Meaning of unchest

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

Questions about unchesting

What is unchesting the present participle and gerund of?
Unchesting is the present participle and gerund of unchest.

Words near unchesting in the dictionary

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

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