"unsour" meaning in English

See unsour in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: unsours [present, singular, third-person], unsouring [participle, present], unsoured [participle, past], unsoured [past]
Etymology: un- + sour Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|sour}} un- + sour Head templates: {{en-verb}} unsour (third-person singular simple present unsours, present participle unsouring, simple past and past participle unsoured)
  1. (transitive) To remove the sourness from; to make no longer sour. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-unsour-en-verb-IY7LZ1Ke Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-

Inflected forms

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