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unroot 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 root English unroot From un- + root.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To tear up by the roots; to uproot.
   • He commences new explorations, more learned and more extensive, and finally, he discovers that the vulgar language of Italy, the one which is illustre, cardinale, &c., exists in all the cities, without belonging exclusively to any of them; it is the mother of idiom, or head of the family, which sows useful seeds, unroots venomous herbs. 1858, Louis Raymond Véricour, The Life and Times of Dante, page 136:

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