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unintimidate

unintimidate verb: to make no longer intimidated; to reassure.

Verb

unintimidate (third-person singular simple present unintimidates, present participle unintimidating, simple past and past participle unintimidated)

  1. (transitive) To make no longer intimidated; to reassure.
    • His purpose in dwelling on labor was to demystify the business of authorities, to unintimidate the uninitiated.1993, Joseph H. Carens, Democracy and Possessive Individualism, page 93

Forms of unintimidate

third-person singular presentunintimidates
present participleunintimidating
past participleunintimidated
pastunintimidated

Origin of unintimidate

From un- + intimidate.

Questions about unintimidate

What does unintimidate mean?
Unintimidate means to make no longer intimidated; to reassure.
What part of speech is unintimidate?
Unintimidate is a verb.
What is the past tense of unintimidate?
The past tense of unintimidate is unintimidated.

Words near unintimidate in the dictionary

  1. unintimacy
  2. unintimate
  3. unintimated
  4. unintimately
  5. unintimidatable
  6. unintimidate
  7. unintimidated
  8. unintimidates
  9. unintimidating
  10. unintitled
  11. unintombed

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