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unitalicize

unitalicize verb: to change (text) from an italic typeface to a non-italic typeface.

Verb

unitalicize (third-person singular simple present unitalicizes, present participle unitalicizing, simple past and past participle unitalicized)

  1. (transitive) To change (text) from an italic typeface to a non-italic typeface.
    • He unitalicizes some italicized words, he changes 'woulds' to 'shoulds.'2013, Richard Ellmann, Oscar Wilde

Forms of unitalicize

third-person singular presentunitalicizes
present participleunitalicizing
past participleunitalicized
pastunitalicized

Origin of unitalicize

From un- + italicize.

Questions about unitalicize

What does unitalicize mean?
Unitalicize means to change (text) from an italic typeface to a non-italic typeface.
What part of speech is unitalicize?
Unitalicize is a verb.
What is the past tense of unitalicize?
The past tense of unitalicize is unitalicized.

Words near unitalicize in the dictionary

  1. unital
  2. unitalicise
  3. unitalicised
  4. unitalicises
  5. unitalicising
  6. unitalicize
  7. unitalicized
  8. unitalicizes
  9. unitalicizing
  10. unitality
  11. UNITAR

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