"unclassify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: unclassifies [present, singular, third-person], unclassifying [participle, present], unclassified [participle, past], unclassified [past]
Etymology: From un- + classify or possibly Back-formation from unclassified. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|classify}} un- + classify, {{back-form|en|unclassified}} Back-formation from unclassified Head templates: {{en-verb}} unclassify (third-person singular simple present unclassifies, present participle unclassifying, simple past and past participle unclassified)
  1. To declassify.

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2000, Field Artillery, page 37:",
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