unhaunt
unhaunt verb: to free from a haunting influence; to exorcise.
Verb
unhaunt (third-person singular simple present unhaunts, present participle unhaunting, simple past and past participle unhaunted)
- To free from a haunting influence; to exorcise.
- Jordsvin finds himself called upon by people outside his religion to use his trance-journeying abilities to 'unhaunt houses'.2003, Jenny Blain, Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic, page 37
- I'm saying that we shouldn't try to unhaunt the classroom. But we should be able to appease whatever is in there and upset.2019, William Alexander, A Festival of Ghosts, page 54
Forms of unhaunt
| third-person singular present | unhaunts |
|---|---|
| present participle | unhaunting |
| past participle | unhaunted |
| past | unhaunted |
Origin of unhaunt
From un- + haunt.
Questions about unhaunt
- What does unhaunt mean?
- Unhaunt means to free from a haunting influence; to exorcise.
- What part of speech is unhaunt?
- Unhaunt is a verb.
- What is the past tense of unhaunt?
- The past tense of unhaunt is unhaunted.
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