unstrikes

Verb

unstrike (third-person singular simple present unstrikes, present participle unstriking, simple past and past participle unstruck)

1. To loosen the strings that attach the hood on the bird's head.
   • Now I unstrike, and at my whistle heard, Upcircling skyward springs my gentle bird Condemned through many centuries to search For some true Christian whereupon to perch.1859, Frederick William Wyon, Poems, page 92
2. To restore text that has been struck out.
   • This case involves the power of the trial court to strike an answer, keep it stricken, and enter a default judgment. Woodruff tried to "unstrike" her answer by filing an amended one.1987, West's South Western Reporter - Volume 721, page 870
3. To cause a blow not to have occurred.
   • Sare, you apologise at me, you shake hands to me, you beg pardon from me, but can you unstrike me?1834, Thomas Hood, Tylney Hall

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