unwitch
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]unwitch (third-person singular simple present unwitches, present participle unwitching, simple past and past participle unwitched)
- (transitive) To free from a witch or witchcraft.
- 1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- I was fascinated by Jupiter ; fascinated ; but I will be unwitch'd
References
[edit]- “unwitch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.