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unconfounds

unconfounds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unconfound.

Meaning of unconfound

Verb

unconfound (third-person singular simple present unconfounds, present participle unconfounding, simple past and past participle unconfounded)

  1. (transitive) To free from a state of confusion.
    • they boast to be the throne and scepter of Christ, abſolve him, unconfound him, though unconverted, unrepentant, unſenſible of all thir pretious Saints and Martyrs whose blood they have ſo oft laid upon his head1649, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates: […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], published 1649 (2nd printing), →OCLC
  2. To distinguish between things or situations that have been combined in a way that makes them indistinguishable.
    • I reckon that my god-ſon now begins to chatter, and to confound two or three languages. No matter; they are ſo much clear gain to him, and in time he will unconfound them of himſelf .1779, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Miscellaneous Works of Lord Chesterfield, page 161

Questions about unconfounds

What is unconfounds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unconfounds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unconfound.

Words near unconfounds in the dictionary

  1. unconfoundable
  2. unconfounded
  3. unconfoundedly
  4. unconfoundedness
  5. unconfounding
  6. unconfounds
  7. unconfrontable
  8. unconfrontational
  9. unconfrontationally
  10. unconfronted
  11. unconfusable

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