untreasure

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verb

To despoil of treasure.

“J. Mitford the quaintness with which he untreasured, as by rote, the stores of his memory”

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Meanings

verbuntreasure (third-person singular simple present untreasures, present participle untreasuring, simple past and past participle untreasured)

present singular third person untreasures · participle present untreasuring · participle past untreasured · past untreasured

  1. obsoletepoetictransitiveTo despoil of treasure.

    When Cluffe […] returned to the drawing-room, […] he was a good deal chagrined to find the drawing-room 'untreasured of its mistress.'

    1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
  2. obsoletepoetictransitiveTo display or set forth.

    J. Mitford the quaintness with which he untreasured, as by rote, the stores of his memory

    1 more example

    Before me, careless lying, Young Love his ware comes crying Full soon the elf untreasures His pack of pains and pleasures.

    1916, Austin Dobson, A Madrigal

Origin

From un- + treasure.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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