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untire

untire verb: to free (someone) from tiredness.

Verb

untire (third-person singular simple present untires, present participle untiring, simple past and past participle untired)

  1. (transitive) To free (someone) from tiredness.
    • [A] Chriſtian may not ſeek in his divertiſement any more than a ſimple untiring of his ſpirit and of his body in order to render himſelf more capable to act Chriſtianly; […]1678, [Alexander Louis Varet], “Important Advices for the Christian Education of Children. [6. Advice. Against Gaming, and against the Soft and Idle Life of Worldlings.]”, in [anonymous], transl....
    • […] a shed, with ranges of jars, glasses, oranges, lemons, &c., and a bench or two, for the drinkers to descansarse un ratito, to untire themselves.1845, Richard Ford, A Hand-book for Travellers in Spain, page 72

Forms of untire

third-person singular presentuntires
present participleuntiring
past participleuntired
pastuntired

Origin of untire

From un- + tire.

Questions about untire

What does untire mean?
Untire means to free (someone) from tiredness.
What part of speech is untire?
Untire is a verb.
What is the past tense of untire?
The past tense of untire is untired.

Words near untire in the dictionary

  1. untipped
  2. untipsy
  3. untipt
  4. untirability
  5. untirable
  6. untire
  7. untireable
  8. untireableness
  9. untired
  10. untiredly
  11. untiredness

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