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unproselyte

unproselyte verb: to revoke or undo from the state of a proselyte.

Verb

unproselyte (third-person singular simple present unproselytes, present participle unproselyting, simple past and past participle unproselyted)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To revoke or undo from the state of a proselyte.
    • it happily unproselyted some inclinable to his opinions1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Forms of unproselyte

third-person singular presentunproselytes
present participleunproselyting
past participleunproselyted
pastunproselyted

Origin of unproselyte

From un- + proselyte.

Questions about unproselyte

What does unproselyte mean?
Unproselyte means to revoke or undo from the state of a proselyte.
What part of speech is unproselyte?
Unproselyte is a verb.
What is the past tense of unproselyte?
The past tense of unproselyte is unproselyted.

Words near unproselyte in the dictionary

  1. unprosaic
  2. unprosaically
  3. unproscribed
  4. unprosecutable
  5. unprosecuted
  6. unproselyte
  7. unproselyted
  8. unproselytes
  9. unproselyting
  10. unproselytised
  11. unproselytized

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