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unghost

unghost verb: to restore from a ghosted state.

Verb

unghost (third-person singular simple present unghosts, present participle unghosting, simple past and past participle unghosted)

  1. (transitive) To restore from a ghosted state.
  2. (informal, slang, transitive, chiefly social media) To resume contact or communication with someone after previously ghosting them.
  3. (figuratively, informal, transitive) To restore attention to a person, event, narrative or other fact that has previously been overlooked or forgotten.

Forms of unghost

third-person singular presentunghosts
present participleunghosting
past participleunghosted
pastunghosted

Origin of unghost

From un- + ghost.

Questions about unghost

What does unghost mean?
Unghost means to restore from a ghosted state.
What part of speech is unghost?
Unghost is a verb.
What is the past tense of unghost?
The past tense of unghost is unghosted.

Words near unghost in the dictionary

  1. ungettable
  2. ungetting
  3. ungh
  4. unghastly
  5. Ungheni
  6. unghost
  7. unghosted
  8. unghosting
  9. unghostlike
  10. unghostliness
  11. unghostly

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