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unwishes

unwishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unwish.

Meaning of unwish

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

Questions about unwishes

What is unwishes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unwishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unwish.

Words near unwishes in the dictionary

  1. unwisest
  2. unwish
  3. unwishable
  4. unwished
  5. unwished-for
  6. unwishes
  7. unwishful
  8. unwishfully
  9. unwishfulness
  10. unwishing
  11. unwist

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