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unglosses

unglosses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ungloss.

unglosses is the plural of ungloss.

Meaning of ungloss

Verb

ungloss (third-person singular simple present unglosses, present participle unglossing, simple past and past participle unglossed)

  1. To remove the gloss from; to make less glossy.
    • 'Twere good sport To prick them forward to the escalade, At stormy midnight from the soaking trench! It would ungloss the butterflies!1838, The Siege of Antwerp. A Historical Play. In Five Acts, page 25
  2. To reverse the process of glossing; to make explicit what has been glossed over.
    • Therefore, unless courts can "ungloss" the complete diversity and matter-in-controversy limitations of § 1332, some claims made by intervenors of right — those state-law claims that destroy complete diversity or fail to exceed $75,000 — are structurally incapable of being integrated into the...2002, Jay Tidmarsh, Roger H. Trangsrud, Complex Litigation: Problems in Advanced Civil Procedure, page 84

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Questions about unglosses

What is unglosses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unglosses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ungloss.

Words near unglosses in the dictionary

  1. ungloriousness
  2. unglory
  3. ungloss
  4. unglossaried
  5. unglossed
  6. unglosses
  7. unglossily
  8. unglossiness
  9. unglossing
  10. unglossings
  11. unglossy

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