unbloom

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verb

To remove the bloom from.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

verbunbloom (third-person singular simple present unblooms, present participle unblooming, simple past and past participle unbloomed)

present singular third person unblooms · participle present unblooming · participle past unbloomed · past unbloomed

  1. obsoletepoeticraretransitiveTo remove the bloom from.

    No rival's charms unbloom the palid cheek; […]

    1780, W. Nisbet, Poems; Chiefly Composed from Recent Events, page 92
    1 more example

    Unbloom the radiant aspect of my bride / Into this haggard mother of my child

    1876, John Byrne Leicester Warren (Baron de Tabley), The Soldier of Fortune (page 190)

Origin

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