unabolish en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + abolish.
Meanings
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(rare) To reinstate (a law or institution which had been abolished).
Once a parliament abolishes capital punishment, it's very hard to unabolish it. And the European Union has made abolition a de facto condition of membership.
2001 May 14, in The New Yorker, reprinted in 2005 in Politics: Observations & Arguments, 1966-2004 (Hendrik Hertzberg)
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unabolishes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unabolishing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unabolished | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unabolished | Tense=Past | lexicographic |