unfight
/ʌnˈfaɪt/
unfight verb: to undo the effects of fighting (something).
Verb
unfight (third-person singular simple present unfights, present participle unfighting, simple past and past participle unfought)
- To undo the effects of fighting (something).
- We often catch an Author fighting Battles, and unfighting them in the ſame Paper. The Mention of Cannon and Gun-powder ſets his daring Heart on Fire, and he ſeems even fonder of dipping his Pen in Blood than in Ink.1720, [Thomas Gordon], “Of News-Writers”, in The Humourist: Being Essays Upon Several Subjects, […], volume I, London: […] D. Browne, W. Mears, and F. Clay, […], page 3
- Walt was thinking they would go into the theater and embrace in the spot where Lincoln had died. Their marvelous passion would go out from them in waves, transforming time, history, and destiny, unmurdering Lincoln, unfighting the war, unkilling all those six hundred thousand, who would be drawn...2000, Chris Adrian, Gob’s Grief, New York, N.Y.: Broadway Books, →ISBN, page 67
Examples of unfight in a sentence
- You can't ungrow a baby, or unshoot a bullet, or unfight a war.2015, Catherine Banner, The Heart at War (The Last Descendants Trilogy; Book III), [Toronto, Ont.]: Doubleday Canada, →ISBN, page 385:
- Thomas can't go back in time and unfight his battles.2015, Willa Strayhorn, The Way We Bared Our Souls, New York, N.Y.: Razorbill, →ISBN, page 111:
- Hopefully he unfights the urge and goes nowhere near jake bc Jake doesn't like him.2021 December 2, @lipasxo, Twitter, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2024:
Forms of unfight
| third-person singular present | unfights |
|---|---|
| present participle | unfighting |
| past participle | unfought |
| past | unfought |
Origin of unfight
From un- + fight.
Questions about unfight
- What does unfight mean?
- Unfight means to undo the effects of fighting (something).
- How do you use unfight in a sentence?
- You can't ungrow a baby, or unshoot a bullet, or unfight a war.
- What part of speech is unfight?
- Unfight is a verb.
- How do you pronounce unfight?
- Unfight is pronounced /ʌnˈfaɪt/.
- What is the past tense of unfight?
- The past tense of unfight is unfought.
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