unhele

U1N1H4E1L1E1

verb

To uncover, to reveal.

OriginOld English unhelan →
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Meanings

verbunhele (third-person singular simple present unheles, present participle unheling, simple past and past participle unheled)

present singular third person unheles · participle present unheling · participle past unheled · past unheled · alternative unheal

  1. obsoleteTo uncover, to reveal.

    Then suddeinly both would themselues vnhele, / And th'amarous sweet spoiles to greedy eyes reuele.

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Old Englishunhelan
  2. Englishunhele

From Old English unhelan, corresponding to un- + hele.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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