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ungive

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From un- + give.

verb ungives · ungiving · ungave · ungiven

  1. ambitransitive, obsolete To yield, relax, slacken, give way or loosen.
  2. UK, dialectal, intransitive To melt; thaw.
  3. transitive To take back something that had been given. "Impossible," Vail said. "She's going to work at one of the prestige films at the end of this month. She's already given notice!" "Well apparently she ungave it. [...]"

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verb to take back something that had been given

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@misc{ungive_2026,
  title = {ungive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ungive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}