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unmew

unmew verb: to release from confinement or restraint.

Verb

unmew (third-person singular simple present unmews, present participle unmewing, simple past and past participle unmewed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To release from confinement or restraint.
    • But let a portion of ethereal dew / Fall on my head, and presently unmew / My soul.1818, John Keats, Endymion

Forms of unmew

third-person singular presentunmews
present participleunmewing
past participleunmewed
pastunmewed

Origin of unmew

From un- + mew.

Questions about unmew

What does unmew mean?
Unmew means to release from confinement or restraint.
What part of speech is unmew?
Unmew is a verb.
What is the past tense of unmew?
The past tense of unmew is unmewed.

Words near unmew in the dictionary

  1. unmetric
  2. unmetrical
  3. unmetricality
  4. unmetrically
  5. unmetropolitan
  6. unmew
  7. unmewed
  8. unmewing
  9. unmews
  10. unmicaceous
  11. unmicroscopic

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