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unedge

unedge verb: to deprive of an edge; to blunt.

Verb

unedge (third-person singular simple present unedges, present participle unedging, simple past and past participle unedged)

  1. To deprive of an edge; to blunt.
    • […]bodies that were made for shining brass,
      Are […]unedged1610–1614, John Fletcher, “The Tragedie of Valentinian”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the...

Forms of unedge

third-person singular presentunedges
present participleunedging
past participleunedged
pastunedged

Origin of unedge

From un- + edge.

Questions about unedge

What does unedge mean?
Unedge means to deprive of an edge; to blunt.
What part of speech is unedge?
Unedge is a verb.
What is the past tense of unedge?
The past tense of unedge is unedged.

Words near unedge in the dictionary

  1. uneconomicalness
  2. uneconomizing
  3. unecstatic
  4. unecstatically
  5. unecumenical
  6. unedge
  7. unedged
  8. unedges
  9. unedging
  10. unedgy
  11. unedible

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