verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing. obsolete, transitive

   "Now thou hast unwished five thousand men."

2. 2
   To undo a wish transitive

Example

More examples

"Now thou hast unwished five thousand men."

Etymology

From un- + wish.

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