Unrecognize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To cease to recognize. transitive

    "We are so good that it is almost impossible to unrecognize a face in order to notice the asymmetries that help us first recognize it."

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"We are so good that it is almost impossible to unrecognize a face in order to notice the asymmetries that help us first recognize it."

Etymology

From un- + recognize.

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