unwish

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verb

To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing.

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Meanings

verbunwish (third-person singular simple present unwishes, present participle unwishing, simple past and past participle unwished)

present singular third person unwishes · participle present unwishing · participle past unwished · past unwished

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo wish not to be; to destroy by wishing.

    Now thou hast unwished five thousand men.

    1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]
  2. transitiveTo undo a wish

Origin

From un- + wish.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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