unboy en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + boy.
Meanings
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(transitive) To divest of the traits of a boy.
it was now time to unboy him, by putting him into some action and acquaintance of business
1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unboyed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unboyed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unboys | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unboying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |