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unstoning

unstoning is the present participle and gerund of unstone.

Meaning of unstone

Verb

unstone (third-person singular simple present unstones, present participle unstoning, simple past and past participle unstoned)

  1. (rare, transitive) To undo the stoning of; to transform back from stone.
    • The unstoning of Hermione—itself a fairy tale and mythic restoration, stone into flesh—turns her to something Leontes links with food: […]2017, Mary Ellen Lamb, Karen Bamford, Oral Traditions and Gender in Early Modern Literary Texts

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Questions about unstoning

What is unstoning the present participle and gerund of?
Unstoning is the present participle and gerund of unstone.

Words near unstoning in the dictionary

  1. unstolid
  2. unstomachable
  3. unstone
  4. unstoned
  5. unstones
  6. unstoning
  7. unstony
  8. unstooked
  9. unstooped
  10. unstooping
  11. unstop

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