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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

diswant en · NOUN

Etymology

From dis- + want.

Meanings

  1. (nonstandard, rare, uncountable) The condition of not wanting something.
    • 1978, Ruta Nagucka, Negatively Phrased Utterances in English: An Essay in Some Aspects of Negation Against the Historical Background, https://books.google.com/books?id=7KYIAQAAIAAJ&q=%22his+diswant%22&dq=%22his+diswant%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiirtzlg9jiAhUSMH0KHSMjAFsQ6AEIKjAA The speaker uttering this sentence expresses his diswant to believe that somebody (i. e. he) experiences the state devoid of understanding […]

diswant en · VERB

Etymology

From dis- + want.

Meanings

  1. (nonstandard, rare) To not want; to reject.

Forms

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diswants Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
diswanted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
diswanted Tense=Past lexicographic
diswanting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic