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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

uncleanse en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + cleanse.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To reverse the cleansing of; to make unclean.
    • And the prowling angers which seek to uncleanse The mighty volition, [...] 1968, Hugo Manning, The Secret Sea:
    • You will also need to take input XML documents, parse them, and "uncleanse" the data so it can be understood by the legacy system. 2000, Software Development, Volume 8, Issues 7-12:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
uncleanses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
uncleansing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
uncleansed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
uncleansed Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

decleanse