unwitness
unwitness verb: to undo the effects of witnessing something; to unsee.
Verb
unwitness (third-person singular simple present unwitnesses, present participle unwitnessing, simple past and past participle unwitnessed)
- To undo the effects of witnessing something; to unsee.
- The path you witness today you unwitness tomorrow. And despite all this, your toe will be the milestone opposing your heels.2016 November 8, Benito del Pliego, “Translation Tuesday: Five Poems by Benito del Pliego”, in Sam Carter, transl., edited by Katharine Viner, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN...
- "There's a phenomenon in colonial studies and it's called unwitnessing," [Rachel] Bryant said. "If material or something that you encounter, it doesn't fit within your understanding, or within a collective understanding of history or of place, then that material can't lodge permanently in a...[2020 November 27, Logan Perley, “Rediscovering The Brothers islands”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2023
Forms of unwitness
| third-person singular present | unwitnesses |
|---|---|
| present participle | unwitnessing |
| past participle | unwitnessed |
| past | unwitnessed |
Origin of unwitness
From un- + witness.
Questions about unwitness
- What does unwitness mean?
- Unwitness means to undo the effects of witnessing something; to unsee.
- What part of speech is unwitness?
- Unwitness is a verb.
- What is the past tense of unwitness?
- The past tense of unwitness is unwitnessed.
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