Unache

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To relieve from pain; soothe ambitransitive, rare

    "We ate and we drank and we decided to rest our bruised selves that afternoon. We were in the twilight world now, walking where no man had ever walked before, and we felt ourselves to be golden. It was good to stretch out and try to unache."

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"We ate and we drank and we decided to rest our bruised selves that afternoon. We were in the twilight world now, walking where no man had ever walked before, and we felt ourselves to be golden. It was good to stretch out and try to unache."

Etymology

From Middle English unaken, equivalent to un- + ache.

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