Etymology

unmake

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Today it means: To destroy or take apart; to cause (a made article) to lose its nature. Full definition →

Middle English unmaken
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromunmaken
  2. English todayunmake

From Middle English unmaken; equivalent to un- + make.

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