"unfire" meaning in All languages combined

See unfire on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: unfires [present, singular, third-person], unfiring [participle, present], unfired [participle, past], unfired [past]
Etymology: un- + fire Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|fire}} un- + fire Head templates: {{en-verb}} unfire (third-person singular simple present unfires, present participle unfiring, simple past and past participle unfired)
  1. (transitive) Hypothetically, to undo the firing of (a weapon). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-unfire-en-verb-8U2X5y2d
  2. (transitive) To hire again (a person who was fired). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-unfire-en-verb-lwA3SNc2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rehire

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for unfire meaning in All languages combined (2.1kB)

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