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unmembering

unmembering is the present participle and gerund of unmember.

Meaning of unmember

Verb

unmember (third-person singular simple present unmembers, present participle unmembering, simple past and past participle unmembered)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of membership, as for example in a church.
    • ["Non-confoederate persons, in their sense are "Non members of the Church, &c.] and consequently their children have no title to Baptisme, (which is one of our Authours arguments in pag. 10 of his book, borrow'd from Mr. Hooker, part. 2, p. 24, whereby he unmembers and unchurches all not so...1652, Daniel Cawdrey, A sober answer to a serious question propounded by mr. G. Firmin
  2. (rare, transitive) To dismember.
    • Beneath thy hand we lie— Unmembered, broken, bleeding hearts, Nor dare to question why.1881, Drummond Welburn, Memoir of William Kendrick, page 117

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Questions about unmembering

What is unmembering the present participle and gerund of?
Unmembering is the present participle and gerund of unmember.

Words near unmembering in the dictionary

  1. unmelting
  2. unmeltingly
  3. unmelts
  4. unmember
  5. unmembered
  6. unmembering
  7. unmembers
  8. unmemeable
  9. unmemorable
  10. unmemorableness
  11. unmemorably

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