ungive

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verb

To yield, relax, slacken, give way or loosen.

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Meanings

verbungive (third-person singular simple present ungives, present participle ungiving, simple past ungave, past participle ungiven)

present singular third person ungives · participle present ungiving · past ungave · participle past ungiven

  1. ambitransitiveobsoleteTo yield, relax, slacken, give way or loosen.
  2. UKdialectalintransitiveTo melt; thaw.
  3. transitiveTo take back something that had been given.

    "Impossible," Vail said. "She's going to work at one of the prestige films at the end of this month. She's already given notice!" "Well apparently she ungave it. [...]"

    1994, William Diehl, Primal Fear

Origin

From un- + give.

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Translations

Portuguese desdar
  • desdarto take back something that had been given
Cite this entry
APA

ungive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ungive

MLA

“ungive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ungive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ungive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ungive.

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