unsmother
unsmother verb: to release (someone) from smothering.
Verb
unsmother (third-person singular simple present unsmothers, present participle unsmothering, simple past and past participle unsmothered)
- To release (someone) from smothering.
- A tale, a very tale, Angelo, enter for the loue of heauen, enter and vnſmother me.1611, George Chapman, May-Day. A Witty Comedie, […], London: […] [William Stansby] for Iohn Brown, […], →OCLC, Act IV, page 59
- Write out a conversation of "smothered thoughts." Then "unsmother" them.1972, Dalton H. McBee, Writer’s Journal: Explorations, page 12
Examples of unsmother in a sentence
- We must then both unsmother our verbs and replace them with words that make the sentence move.1975, Duane G. Newcomb, Word Power Makes the Difference: Making what You Write Pay off:
- He bent down to unsmother a still-warm vineroot and coaxed it alive.1997, Karin Kavelin Jones, Antonio Ligabue, Beast in the Mirror: The Life of Outsider Artist Antonio Ligabue, page 90:
Forms of unsmother
| third-person singular present | unsmothers |
|---|---|
| present participle | unsmothering |
| past participle | unsmothered |
| past | unsmothered |
Origin of unsmother
From un- + smother.
Questions about unsmother
- What does unsmother mean?
- Unsmother means to release (someone) from smothering.
- How do you use unsmother in a sentence?
- We must then both unsmother our verbs and replace them with words that make the sentence move.
- What part of speech is unsmother?
- Unsmother is a verb.
- What is the past tense of unsmother?
- The past tense of unsmother is unsmothered.
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