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undeaf

undeaf verb: to free from deafness.

Verb

undeaf (third-person singular simple present undeafs, present participle undeafing, simple past and past participle undeafed)

  1. (nonce-word, transitive) To free from deafness.
    • My death's sad tale may yet undeaf his ear.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...

Forms of undeaf

third-person singular presentundeafs
present participleundeafing
past participleundeafed
pastundeafed

Origin of undeaf

From un- + deaf.

Questions about undeaf

What does undeaf mean?
Undeaf means to free from deafness.
What part of speech is undeaf?
Undeaf is a verb.
What is the past tense of undeaf?
The past tense of undeaf is undeafed.

Words near undeaf in the dictionary

  1. undeadened
  2. undeadliness
  3. undeadly
  4. undeadness
  5. undeads
  6. undeaf
  7. undeafed
  8. undeafen
  9. undeafened
  10. undeafening
  11. undeafens

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