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unspelling

unspelling is the present participle and gerund of unspell.

Meaning of unspell

Verb

unspell (third-person singular simple present unspells, present participle unspelling, simple past and past participle unspelled)

  1. (transitive) To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to disenchant.
    • Such practices as Theſe, too groſs to lye / Long unobſerv'd by each diſcerning Eye, / The more judicious Iſraelites Unſpell'd, / Though ſtill the Charm the giddy Rabble held, […]1682, [Nahum Tate; John Dryden], The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 5

Questions about unspelling

What is unspelling the present participle and gerund of?
Unspelling is the present participle and gerund of unspell.

Words near unspelling in the dictionary

  1. unspeedy
  2. unspeered
  3. unspell
  4. unspellable
  5. unspelled
  6. unspelling
  7. unspells
  8. unspelt
  9. unspend
  10. unspendable
  11. unspending

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unspelling (page history and authors); unspell (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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