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uninjure

uninjure verb: not to injure; to preserve from harm.

Verb

uninjure (third-person singular simple present uninjures, present participle uninjuring, simple past and past participle uninjured)

  1. (rare, transitive) Not to injure; to preserve from harm.
    • Sorrow's dark cloud may burst, and run, / Uninjuring the soul.1820, The Pilgrim of the Rock, a Poem in Three Cantos, page 114
    • The presiding genius and his able aides have acted with all the cautious prowess of the hunter in surrounding and placing in the trap his dangerous game, at the same time recognizing the value of uninjuring the game for future occasions.1891, Willis Fletcher Johnson, The Red Record of the Sioux, page 502

Forms of uninjure

third-person singular presentuninjures
present participleuninjuring
past participleuninjured
pastuninjured

Origin of uninjure

un- + injure

Questions about uninjure

What does uninjure mean?
Uninjure means not to injure; to preserve from harm.
What part of speech is uninjure?
Uninjure is a verb.
What is the past tense of uninjure?
The past tense of uninjure is uninjured.

Words near uninjure in the dictionary

  1. uninitiation
  2. uninjectability
  3. uninjectable
  4. uninjected
  5. uninjurable
  6. uninjure
  7. uninjured
  8. uninjuredness
  9. uninjuring
  10. uninjurious
  11. uninjuriously

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