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unhallowing

unhallowing is the present participle and gerund of unhallow.

Meaning of unhallow

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

Questions about unhallowing

What is unhallowing the present participle and gerund of?
Unhallowing is the present participle and gerund of unhallow.

Words near unhallowing in the dictionary

  1. unhale
  2. unhallmarked
  3. unhallow
  4. unhallowed
  5. unhallowedness
  6. unhallowing
  7. unhallows
  8. unhaloed
  9. unhalogenated
  10. unhalsed
  11. unhalt

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