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unfascinate

unfascinate verb: to free from a state of fascination.

Verb

unfascinate (third-person singular simple present unfascinates, present participle unfascinating, simple past and past participle unfascinated)

  1. (transitive) To free from a state of fascination.
    • To break this sensual charm, to unfascinate these bedazzled brethren, the writer to the Hebrews institutes a comparison between the two religions, and demonstrates the superior spiritual grandeur, the greater intrinsic worth and dignity of the religion of Christ.
    • […] such a general knowledge of pathology […] as will unfascinate him in regard to the magic virtues of mysterious remedies […]1847, William Mason Cornell, Journal of Health, volumes 2-3, page 294

Forms of unfascinate

third-person singular presentunfascinates
present participleunfascinating
past participleunfascinated
pastunfascinated

Origin of unfascinate

From un- + fascinate.

Questions about unfascinate

What does unfascinate mean?
Unfascinate means to free from a state of fascination.
What part of speech is unfascinate?
Unfascinate is a verb.
What is the past tense of unfascinate?
The past tense of unfascinate is unfascinated.

Words near unfascinate in the dictionary

  1. unfarrowed
  2. unfarsighted
  3. unfarted
  4. unfasciated
  5. unfascicled
  6. unfascinate
  7. unfascinated
  8. unfascinates
  9. unfascinating
  10. unfashion
  11. unfashionable

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