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Webster 1913 Edition


Unwish

Un-wish′

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
wish
.]
To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing.
[Obs.]
Now thou hast
unwished
five thousand men.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Unwish

UNWISH'

,
Verb.
T.
To wish that which is, not to be. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


unwish

unwish

English

Verb

unwish (third-person singular simple present unwishes, present participle unwishing, simple past and past participle unwished)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing
    • Now thou hast unwished five thousand men - Shakespeare, Henry V, IV-iii