unfascinate en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + fascinate.
Meanings
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(transitive) To free from a state of fascination.
To break this sensual charm, to unfascinate these bedazzled brethren, the writer to the Hebrews institutes a comparison between the two religions, and demonstrates the superior spiritual grandeur, the greater intrinsic worth and dignity of the religion of Christ.
[…] such a general knowledge of pathology […] as will unfascinate him in regard to the magic virtues of mysterious remedies […]
1847, William Mason Cornell, Journal of Health, volumes 2-3, page 294:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unfascinates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unfascinating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unfascinated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unfascinated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |