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uncrossed en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English crossed English uncrossed From un- + crossed.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not crossed (in various senses).
    • Where an uncrossed cheque, or a cheque crossed generally, is sent to a bank for collection, that bank may add a special crossing in favour of itself. 2011, E. P. Ellinger, E. Lomnicka, C. Hare, Ellinger's Modern Banking Law, page 414:
    • The northeast corner has coal mines, old railroad towns and, along the Wyoming border, the Uinta Mountains, uncrossed by road and showing hardly a sign of civilization. 2004, The Rough Guide to the USA, page 1061:

uncrossed en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English crossed English uncrossed From un- + crossed.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of uncross
    form of uncross