"unblight" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: unblights [present, singular, third-person], unblighting [participle, present], unblighted [participle, past], unblighted [past]
Etymology: un- + blight Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|blight}} un- + blight Head templates: {{en-verb}} unblight (third-person singular simple present unblights, present participle unblighting, simple past and past participle unblighted)
  1. (transitive) To undo the blighting of; to cure or ameliorate. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-unblight-en-verb-5ddV~3fW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for unblight meaning in English (1.8kB)

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