"unpublish" meaning in English

See unpublish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: unpublishes [present, singular, third-person], unpublishing [participle, present], unpublished [participle, past], unpublished [past]
Etymology: From un- + publish. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|publish|id1=reversive}} un- + publish Head templates: {{en-verb}} unpublish (third-person singular simple present unpublishes, present participle unpublishing, simple past and past participle unpublished)
  1. (transitive, chiefly computing) To remove (something previously published) from circulation; to retract. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Translations (Translations): despublicar (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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