"unpaywall" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: unpaywalls [present, singular, third-person], unpaywalling [participle, present], unpaywalled [participle, past], unpaywalled [past]
Etymology: un- + paywall Etymology templates: {{pre|en|un|paywall}} un- + paywall Head templates: {{en-verb}} unpaywall (third-person singular simple present unpaywalls, present participle unpaywalling, simple past and past participle unpaywalled)
  1. (informal, computing, transitive) To remove a paywall from. Tags: informal, transitive Categories (topical): Computing

Inflected forms

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