unblight

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verb

To undo the blighting of; to cure or ameliorate.

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Meanings

verbunblight (third-person singular simple present unblights, present participle unblighting, simple past and past participle unblighted)

present singular third person unblights · participle present unblighting · participle past unblighted · past unblighted

  1. transitiveTo undo the blighting of; to cure or ameliorate.

    How to unblight the apple

    1992, Richard Foerster, Sudden Harbor: Poems, page 42
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    Despite their criticism I can't help feeling very pleased with this device for using planning permissions not to blight but to unblight areas.

    1976, Richard Howard Stafford Crossman, The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister: 1964-1966, page 404

    […] the preservationist who sees the restoration of such cultural assets as a way to unblight and revitalize our decaying cities.

    1983, National Geographic, volume 164, page 279

Origin

From un- + blight.

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