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unchristen

unchristen verb: to render unchristian.

Verb

unchristen (third-person singular simple present unchristens, present participle unchristening, simple past and past participle unchristened)

  1. (transitive) To render unchristian.
    • to constrain him furder were to unchristen him , to unman him , to throw the mountain of Sinai upon him1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC
  2. To undo the act of christening.

Forms of unchristen

third-person singular presentunchristens
present participleunchristening
past participleunchristened
pastunchristened

Origin of unchristen

From un- + christen.

Questions about unchristen

What does unchristen mean?
Unchristen means to render unchristian.
What part of speech is unchristen?
Unchristen is a verb.
What is the past tense of unchristen?
The past tense of unchristen is unchristened.

Words near unchristen in the dictionary

  1. unchoral
  2. unchorded
  3. unchoreographed
  4. unchose
  5. unchosen
  6. unchristen
  7. unchristened
  8. unchristening
  9. unchristens
  10. unchristian
  11. unchristian-like

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