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unperplex

unperplex verb: to free from perplexity.

Verb

unperplex (third-person singular simple present unperplexes, present participle unperplexing, simple past and past participle unperplexed)

  1. (transitive) To free from perplexity.
    • This Extasie doth unperplex
      (We said) and tell us what we lovea. 1631 (date written), J[ohn] Donne, “The Ecstasy”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633, →OCLC

Forms of unperplex

third-person singular presentunperplexes
present participleunperplexing
past participleunperplexed
pastunperplexed

Origin of unperplex

From un- + perplex.

Questions about unperplex

What does unperplex mean?
Unperplex means to free from perplexity.
What part of speech is unperplex?
Unperplex is a verb.
What is the past tense of unperplex?
The past tense of unperplex is unperplexed.

Words near unperplex in the dictionary

  1. unpernicious
  2. unperpendicular
  3. unperpetrated
  4. unperpetual
  5. unperpetuated
  6. unperplex
  7. unperplexed
  8. unperplexes
  9. unperplexing
  10. unperplext
  11. unpersecuted

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