English Explanatory Dictionary

unget

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. The opposite action of get (in various senses)
  2. To cause to be unbegotten or unborn, or as if unbegotten or unborn.
  3. To unacquire; relinquish; release; get rid of; lose; lose hold of; forget

Pronunciation

/ʌnˈɡɛt/

Word forms

unget ungets ungetting ungot ungotten

Etymology

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

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