uninjure

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verb

Not to injure; to preserve from harm.

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Meanings

verbuninjure (third-person singular simple present uninjures, present participle uninjuring, simple past and past participle uninjured)

present singular third person uninjures · participle present uninjuring · participle past uninjured · past uninjured

  1. raretransitiveNot to injure; to preserve from harm.

    Sorrow's dark cloud may burst, and run, / Uninjuring the soul.

    1820, The Pilgrim of the Rock, a Poem in Three Cantos, page 114
    1 more example

    The presiding genius and his able aides have acted with all the cautious prowess of the hunter in surrounding and placing in the trap his dangerous game, at the same time recognizing the value of uninjuring the game for future occasions.

    1891, Willis Fletcher Johnson, The Red Record of the Sioux, page 502

Origin

un- + injure

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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