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unroosted

unroosted is the simple past and past participle of unroost.

Meaning of unroost

Verb

unroost (third-person singular simple present unroosts, present participle unroosting, simple past and past participle unroosted)

  1. (transitive) To remove from the roost.
    • Give her the bastard,
      Thou dotard; thou art woman-tired, unroosted
      By thy Dame Partlet here.c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about unroosted

What is unroosted the simple past and past participle of?
Unroosted is the simple past and past participle of unroost.

Words near unroosted in the dictionary

  1. unroofing
  2. unroofs
  3. unroominess
  4. unroomy
  5. unroost
  6. unroosted
  7. unroosting
  8. unroosts
  9. unroot
  10. unrootable
  11. unrooted

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