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ungetting

ungetting is the present participle and gerund of unget.

Meaning of unget

Verb

unget (third-person singular simple present ungets, present participle ungetting, simple past ungot, past participle ungot or ungotten)

  1. (transitive) To cause to be unbegotten or unborn, or as if unbegotten or unborn.
    • I'll diſovvn you, I'll diſinherit you, I'll unget you!1775 January 17 (first performance), [Richard Brinsley Sheridan], The Rivals, a Comedy. […], London: […] John Wilkie, […], published 1775, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 32
  2. (transitive) To unacquire; relinquish; release; get rid of; lose; lose hold of; forget
    • He felt himself in the position that having got the conviction he did not see how he was to unget it.1893, The Parliamentary Debates, page 1491

Questions about ungetting

What is ungetting the present participle and gerund of?
Ungetting is the present participle and gerund of unget.

Words near ungetting in the dictionary

  1. unget
  2. ungetatable
  3. ungetroundable
  4. ungets
  5. ungettable
  6. ungetting
  7. ungh
  8. unghastly
  9. Ungheni
  10. unghost
  11. unghosted

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