ungive
English
Etymology
Verb
ungive (third-person singular simple present ungives, present participle ungiving, simple past ungave, past participle ungiven)
- (ambitransitive, obsolete) To yield, relax, slacken, give way or loosen.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To melt; thaw.
- (transitive) To take back something that had been given.
- 1994, William Diehl, Primal Fear:
- "Impossible," Vail said. "She's going to work at one of the prestige films at the end of this month. She's already given notice!" "Well apparently she ungave it. [...]"
Translations
References
- “ungive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.