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unwish

unwish verb: to wish not to be; to destroy by wishing.

Verb

unwish (third-person singular simple present unwishes, present participle unwishing, simple past and past participle unwished)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing.
    • Now thou hast unwished five thousand men.1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. (transitive) To undo a wish

Forms of unwish

third-person singular presentunwishes
present participleunwishing
past participleunwished
pastunwished

Origin of unwish

From un- + wish.

Questions about unwish

What does unwish mean?
Unwish means to wish not to be; to destroy by wishing.
What part of speech is unwish?
Unwish is a verb.
What is the past tense of unwish?
The past tense of unwish is unwished.

Words near unwish in the dictionary

  1. unwise
  2. unwisely
  3. unwiseness
  4. unwiser
  5. unwisest
  6. unwish
  7. unwishable
  8. unwished
  9. unwished-for
  10. unwishes
  11. unwishful

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