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unwishing

unwishing is the present participle and gerund 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 unwishing

What is unwishing the present participle and gerund of?
Unwishing is the present participle and gerund of unwish.

Words near unwishing in the dictionary

  1. unwished-for
  2. unwishes
  3. unwishful
  4. unwishfully
  5. unwishfulness
  6. unwishing
  7. unwist
  8. unwistful
  9. unwit
  10. unwitch
  11. unwitched

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