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unpacify

unpacify verb: to stir up someone or something that was previously pacified.

Verb

unpacify (third-person singular simple present unpacifies, present participle unpacifying, simple past and past participle unpacified)

  1. (transitive) To stir up someone or something that was previously pacified.
    • Villa as President of Mexico might not be able to pacify Mexico, but Villa as an insurgent can permanently unpacify Mexico.1914, California Outlook
    • The Something in this case is building Buddhist temples and erecting pagodas and Buddha figures all over the country so as to stabilize the country and to unpacify the rivers and mountains.1970, Korea Journal - Volume 10, page 11

Forms of unpacify

third-person singular presentunpacifies
present participleunpacifying
past participleunpacified
pastunpacified

Origin of unpacify

From un- + pacify.

Questions about unpacify

What does unpacify mean?
Unpacify means to stir up someone or something that was previously pacified.
What part of speech is unpacify?
Unpacify is a verb.
What is the past tense of unpacify?
The past tense of unpacify is unpacified.

Words near unpacify in the dictionary

  1. unpacific
  2. unpacifically
  3. unpacified
  4. unpacifies
  5. unpacifist
  6. unpacify
  7. unpacifying
  8. unpack
  9. unpackable
  10. unpackage
  11. unpackageable

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