"unwipe" meaning in English

See unwipe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: unwipes [present, singular, third-person], unwiping [participle, present], unwiped [participle, past], unwiped [past]
Etymology: un- + wipe Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|wipe}} un- + wipe Head templates: {{en-verb}} unwipe (third-person singular simple present unwipes, present participle unwiping, simple past and past participle unwiped)
  1. (transitive, computing) To undelete; to restore (data, files, etc.) previously wiped. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing

Inflected forms

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