What does "unget" mean?

The opposite action of get (in various senses); To cause to be unbegotten or unborn, or as if unbegotten or unborn.

Unget

//ʌnˈɡɛt// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Verb

1
The opposite action of get (in various senses); To cause to be unbegotten or unborn, or as if unbegotten or unborn. transitive
"I'll diſovvn you, I'll diſinherit you, I'll unget you!"
2
The opposite action of get (in various senses); To unacquire; relinquish; release; get rid of; lose; lose hold of; forget transitive
"He felt himself in the position that having got the conviction he did not see how he was to unget it."

"I'll diſovvn you, I'll diſinherit you, I'll unget you!"

From un- + get; compare unbeget, Middle English ungeten (“unbegotten; not won; not captured”).

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