"unmail" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: unmails [present, singular, third-person], unmailing [participle, present], unmailed [participle, past], unmailed [past]
Etymology: un- + mail Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|mail}} un- + mail Head templates: {{en-verb}} unmail (third-person singular simple present unmails, present participle unmailing, simple past and past participle unmailed)
  1. (transitive) To undo the act of mailing; to recover from the postal system before delivery. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-unmail-en-verb-U6jQcGG0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for unmail meaning in English (1.4kB)

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        "(transitive) To undo the act of mailing; to recover from the postal system before delivery."
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