uncreate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˌʌnkɹiˈeɪt/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From un- + create.
Meanings
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(transitive) To kill; to destroy; to deprive of existence; to annihilate.
Who can uncreate thee, thou shalt know.
1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
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(transitive) To undo the act of creating.
They at least had the immense and mighty imagination of which I speak; they could unthink the past. They could uncreate the Fall. With a reverence which moderns might think impudence, they could uncreate the Creation.
1930, G. K. Chesterton, The Resurrection of Rome:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| uncreating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| uncreated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| uncreated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| uncreates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |