Unparadise

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make (something paradisaical) less like paradise; To spoil the joy of. transitive

    "Could you, so rich in rapture, fear an end, That ghastly thought would drink up all your joy, And quite unparadise the realms of light."

  2. 2
    To expel from or prevent from entering heaven. transitive

    "Archangels guard the gates with flaming swords, The same, 'tis said, who at an earlier day Did man unparadise;"

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"Could you, so rich in rapture, fear an end, That ghastly thought would drink up all your joy, And quite unparadise the realms of light."

Etymology

From un- + paradise.

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