unjewel en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + jewel.
Meanings
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(transitive) To remove the jewels from.
"If I unplume and unjewel my cap," said the youth, tearing off, as he spoke, the feather and brooch that were its ornaments, and dashing them to the earth, […]
1841, Blackwood's Lady's Magazine, volume X, page 306:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unjewelled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| unjewelled | Tense=Past | UK | lexicographic |
| unjeweled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| unjeweled | Tense=Past | US | lexicographic |
| unjeweling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| unjewels | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unjewelling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |