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unsights

unsights is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unsight.

Meaning of unsight

Verb

unsight (third-person singular simple present unsights, present participle unsighting, simple past and past participle unsighted)

  1. (rare, transitive) To remove the sight of or from
    • The veil thus marks out the objects of both sexual and metaphysical desire as 'Scheingestalten'. A similar veil unsights the lover's gaze in Angelika as he perceives her 'wie durch einen Schleier' (S 1 116).1996, Andrew J. Webber, The Doppelgänger - Page 297
  2. To lose sight on a target
    • Just jeep as the Sten magazine emptied there came a single shot from the far end of the lane and in the same instant a bullet cracked over Butler's head.The jeep swung sharply to the right, unsighting him.2012, Anthony Price, The '44 Vintage

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Questions about unsights

What is unsights the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unsights is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unsight.

Words near unsights in the dictionary

  1. unsightliest
  2. unsightliness
  3. unsightlinesses
  4. unsightly
  5. unsightreadable
  6. unsights
  7. unsigmatic
  8. unsign
  9. unsignable
  10. unsignaled
  11. unsignalised

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