Unmake
[ʌn'meɪk]
Definition
(v. t.) To destroy the form and qualities of; to deprive of being; to uncreate.
Typed by Debora
Definition
v.t. to destroy the make or form and qualities of.—adjs. Unmade′ not made: reduced to its original form; Unmā′kable that cannot be made.—n. Unmā′king act of destroying.—Unmade up not worked up into form.
Edited by Gertrude
Examples
- They make or unmake us. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It was a close and stifling little shop; full of all sorts of clothing, made and unmade, including one window full of beaver-hats and bonnets. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A light which was not of this world--a light shining prophetically from an unmade grave--dawned on my mind. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- This accusation of yours must not be left half made and half unmade. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Edited by Elena