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unhilling

unhilling is the present participle and gerund of unhill.

Meaning of unhill

Verb

unhill (third-person singular simple present unhills, present participle unhilling, simple past and past participle unhilled)

  1. (obsolete) To uncover, reveal.
    • […]these four men and these ladyes layd hand on syr launcelot /[…]/ and soo in to a chamber where was the holy vessel of the Sancgreal / and by force syr launcelot was leid by that holy vessel / and there came an holy man and vnhylled that vessel / and soo by myracle and by vertu of that holy...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “iiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XII

Questions about unhilling

What is unhilling the present participle and gerund of?
Unhilling is the present participle and gerund of unhill.

Words near unhilling in the dictionary

  1. unhijacked
  2. unhiked
  3. unhilarious
  4. unhill
  5. unhilled
  6. unhilling
  7. unhills
  8. unhilly
  9. unhilted
  10. unhinder
  11. unhinderable

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