uncaste

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verb

To free or remove from a caste system.

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Meanings

verbuncaste (third-person singular simple present uncastes, present participle uncasting, simple past and past participle uncasted)

present singular third person uncastes · participle present uncasting · participle past uncasted · past uncasted

  1. transitiveTo free or remove from a caste system.

    […] credulous sepoys were told that […] the Christians would […] uncaste the whole Hindu population and outrage all their traditions and feelings.

    1904, William Lee-Warner, Life of the Marquis of Dalhousie

Origin

From un- + caste.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

uncaste. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncaste

MLA

“uncaste.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncaste. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncaste,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncaste.

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