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unkiss

unkiss verb: to cancel or annul something that was done or sealed with a kiss.

Verb

unkiss (third-person singular simple present unkisses, present participle unkissing, simple past and past participle unkissed)

  1. (obsolete) To cancel or annul something that was done or sealed with a kiss.
    • Let me unkiss the oath 'twixt thee and me.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...

Forms of unkiss

third-person singular presentunkisses
present participleunkissing
past participleunkissed
pastunkissed

Origin of unkiss

From un- + kiss.

Questions about unkiss

What does unkiss mean?
Unkiss means to cancel or annul something that was done or sealed with a kiss.
What part of speech is unkiss?
Unkiss is a verb.
What is the past tense of unkiss?
The past tense of unkiss is unkissed.

Words near unkiss in the dictionary

  1. unkirk
  2. unkirked
  3. unkirking
  4. unkirks
  5. unkirtled
  6. unkiss
  7. unkissable
  8. unkissably
  9. unkissed
  10. unkisses
  11. unkissing

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