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unget

verb /ʌnˈɡɛt/

  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.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry unget (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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