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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unwax en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + wax.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To remove wax from.
    • On the other hand, the god was known to be singularly obtuse, so that petitioning women had to peel open the divine eyelids and unwax the divine ears. 2011, Catherine Lim, The Bondmaid:

Forms

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unwaxes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
unwaxing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unwaxed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unwaxed Tense=Past lexicographic