"unweather" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Middle English unweder, from Old English unweder (“bad weather; storm”), from Proto-Germanic *unwedrą, equivalent to un- + weather. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Uunweeder, Dutch onweer, German Low German Unweer, German Unwetter, Danish uvejr, Swedish oväder, Icelandic óveður. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unweder}} Middle English unweder, {{inh|en|ang|unweder|t=bad weather; storm}} Old English unweder (“bad weather; storm”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*unwedrą}} Proto-Germanic *unwedrą, {{af|en|un-|weather}} un- + weather, {{cog|stq|Uunweeder}} Saterland Frisian Uunweeder, {{cog|nl|onweer}} Dutch onweer, {{cog|nds-de|Unweer}} German Low German Unweer, {{cog|de|Unwetter}} German Unwetter, {{cog|da|uvejr}} Danish uvejr, {{cog|sv|oväder}} Swedish oväder, {{cog|is|óveður}} Icelandic óveður Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} unweather (plural not attested)
  1. Bad weather; storm Tags: no-plural
    Sense id: en-unweather-en-noun-dWMTzVyF Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns with unattested plurals, English terms prefixed with un-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English back-formations: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: unweathers [present, singular, third-person], unweathering [participle, present], unweathered [participle, past], unweathered [past]
Etymology: Probably a back-formation from unweathered. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|unweathered|nocap=1}} back-formation from unweathered Head templates: {{en-verb}} unweather (third-person singular simple present unweathers, present participle unweathering, simple past and past participle unweathered)
  1. (transitive) To undo or reverse the effects of weathering Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-unweather-en-verb-jjgdCuBB Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English back-formations: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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