"unrequire" meaning in All languages combined

See unrequire on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: unrequires [present, singular, third-person], unrequiring [participle, present], unrequired [participle, past], unrequired [past]
Etymology: From un- + require. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|require}} un- + require Head templates: {{en-verb}} unrequire (third-person singular simple present unrequires, present participle unrequiring, simple past and past participle unrequired)
  1. (transitive) To cancel the requirement for; to make something that is required into something that is not required. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Being Auxorean, I unrequire artificial aids, but for you a booster.",
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          "ref": "2007, Ralph Alan Cohen, ShakesFear and how to Cure it: A Handbook for Teaching Shakespeare, →ISBN:",
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        "(transitive) To cancel the requirement for; to make something that is required into something that is not required."
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          "text": "Being Auxorean, I unrequire artificial aids, but for you a booster.",
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