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unsicken en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + sicken.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become less sick.
    • Baldwin felt the blood flushing his face, turning his unsickened skin a vibrant shade of cooked-crab red, while the damaged skin remained uncolored and so highlighted. 2015, Helena P. Schrader, Defender of Jerusalem:
    • Don't speak in parables About a valley where corn unsickens On brittle stalks and a blind girl sees the sunlight thicken In the apple trees. 1979, Pebble, volumes 18-20, page 118:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
unsickening Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unsickened Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unsickened Tense=Past lexicographic
unsickens Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic