"unhaunt" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: unhaunts [present, singular, third-person], unhaunting [participle, present], unhaunted [participle, past], unhaunted [past]
Etymology: From un- + haunt. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|haunt}} un- + haunt Head templates: {{en-verb}} unhaunt (third-person singular simple present unhaunts, present participle unhaunting, simple past and past participle unhaunted)
  1. (transitive) To free from a haunting influence; to exorcise. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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