"dewild" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dewilds [present, singular, third-person], dewilding [participle, present], dewilded [participle, past], dewilded [past]
Etymology: From de- + wild. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|de-|wild}} de- + wild Head templates: {{en-verb}} dewild (third-person singular simple present dewilds, present participle dewilding, simple past and past participle dewilded)
  1. (rare) Synonym of unwild (“to make something not wild”) Tags: rare Synonyms: unwild [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-dewild-en-verb-713yF3Qz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for dewild meaning in English (1.7kB)

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