unsicken en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + sicken.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unsickening | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unsickened | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unsickened | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unsickens | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |