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unname

unname verb: to cease to name; to deprive (someone or something) of their name.

Verb

unname (third-person singular simple present unnames, present participle unnaming, simple past and past participle unnamed)

  1. (transitive) To cease to name; to deprive (someone or something) of their name.

Forms of unname

third-person singular presentunnames
present participleunnaming
past participleunnamed
pastunnamed

Origin of unname

From un- + name.

Questions about unname

What does unname mean?
Unname means to cease to name; to deprive (someone or something) of their name.
What part of speech is unname?
Unname is a verb.
What is the past tense of unname?
The past tense of unname is unnamed.

Words near unname in the dictionary

  1. unnaked
  2. unnamability
  3. unnamable
  4. unnamableness
  5. unnamably
  6. unname
  7. unnameability
  8. unnameable
  9. unnameableness
  10. unnameably
  11. unnamed

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