Unpaste

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove or take down (something pasted); to unstick. transitive

    "[…] He took away the frame itself, as well as the notice. Mr. MacCulloch. I recollect Mr. Dobrée stating that his reason for taking the cadre was, that the notice was pasted, and that he could not unpaste it."

Example

More examples

"[…] He took away the frame itself, as well as the notice. Mr. MacCulloch. I recollect Mr. Dobrée stating that his reason for taking the cadre was, that the notice was pasted, and that he could not unpaste it."

Etymology

From un- + paste.

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