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unwiving

unwiving is the present participle and gerund of unwive.

Meaning of unwive

Verb

unwive (third-person singular simple present unwives, present participle unwiving, simple past and past participle unwived)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To divest of a wife; to divorce (someone) from his wife.
  2. (archaic, transitive) To cause (a woman) no longer to be a wife.
    • State law was not needed to unwive her. She had never been a wife. She had experienced nothing, given nothing. She had mocked passion with barter, and starved love with selfishness.1913 August, Constance Skinner, “Give Hand and Follow”, in Ainslee’s Magazine, volume 32, number 1, page 74

Questions about unwiving

What is unwiving the present participle and gerund of?
Unwiving is the present participle and gerund of unwive.

Words near unwiving in the dictionary

  1. unwittingness
  2. unwitty
  3. unwive
  4. unwived
  5. unwives
  6. unwiving
  7. unwizardly
  8. unwizened
  9. unwmk
  10. unwmkd
  11. unwoeful

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