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unhallow

unhallow verb: to rended un-hallowed, i.e. to profane; to desecrate.

Verb

unhallow (third-person singular simple present unhallows, present participle unhallowing, simple past and past participle unhallowed)

  1. (transitive) To rended un-hallowed, i.e. to profane; to desecrate.
    • Nay, the very Ostentation of the Thorn, is a Weakness, and I might have said a Vice too; for the Vanity Unhallows the very Virtue, especially where it is Accompany'd with Detraction.1692, Sir Roger L'Estrange, “Fable CCCCLXVI: A Fig-Tree and a Thorn”, in Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists, page 441

Forms of unhallow

third-person singular presentunhallows
present participleunhallowing
past participleunhallowed
pastunhallowed

Origin of unhallow

From un- + hallow.

Questions about unhallow

What does unhallow mean?
Unhallow means to rended un-hallowed, i.e. to profane; to desecrate.
What part of speech is unhallow?
Unhallow is a verb.
What is the past tense of unhallow?
The past tense of unhallow is unhallowed.

Words near unhallow in the dictionary

  1. unhairs
  2. unhairy
  3. unhalal
  4. unhale
  5. unhallmarked
  6. unhallow
  7. unhallowed
  8. unhallowedness
  9. unhallowing
  10. unhallows
  11. unhaloed

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