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unspeak

[ uhn-speek ]
/ ʌnˈspik /
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verb (used with object), un·spoke, un·spo·ken, un·speak·ing.Obsolete.
to recant; unsay.
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Origin of unspeak

First recorded in 1595–1605; un-2 + speak

Words nearby unspeak

unsonsy, unsophisticated, unsound, unsourced, unsparing, unspeak, unspeakable, unspecific, unspecified, unspectacular, unspent
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How to use unspeak in a sentence

  • Spite of all that, I might refuse to unspeak my words, which I never did afore, if it had not been that I wronged the man.

    Mary Anerley|R. D. Blackmore

British Dictionary definitions for unspeak

unspeak
/ (ʌnˈspiːk) /
verb -speaks, -speaking, -spoke or -spoken
an obsolete word for unsay
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