unhallow en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + hallow.
Meanings
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(transitive) To rended un-hallowed, i.e. to profane; to desecrate.
Nay, the very Ostentation of the Thorn, is a Weakness, and I might have said a Vice too; for the Vanity Unhallows the very Virtue, especially where it is Accompany'd with Detraction.
1692, Sir Roger L'Estrange, “Fable CCCCLXVI: A Fig-Tree and a Thorn”, in Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists, page 441:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unhallowing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unhallows | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unhallowed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unhallowed | Tense=Past | lexicographic |