What does unsay mean?
Definitions for unsay
ʌnˈseɪun·say
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Princeton's WordNet
swallow, take back, unsay, withdrawverb
take back what one has said
"He swallowed his words"
Wiktionary
unsayverb
To withdraw, retract (something said).
unsayverb
To not have said (since this is physically impossible usually in the subjunctive, as I wish I could unsay).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Unsayverb
To retract; to recant; to deny what has been said.
Call you me fair? that fair again unsay;
Demetrius loves you, fair. William Shakespeare.Say and unsay, feign, flatter, or abjure. John Milton.
How soon
Would height recall high thoughts, how soon unsay
What feign’d submission swore. John Milton, Par. Lost.To say, and strait unsay, pretending first
To fly pain, professing next the spy,
Argues no leader, but a liar trac’d. John Milton.There is nothing said there, which you may have occasion to unsay hereafter. Francis Atterbury.
ChatGPT
unsay
To unsay means to withdraw or take back (something said), or to retract a previous statement, often as if it had never been said. It's used when someone wishes to remove, deny or apologize for something they have said earlier.
Webster Dictionary
Unsayverb
to recant or recall, as what has been said; to refract; to take back again; to make as if not said
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Unsay
un-sā′, v.t. to recall what has been said: to retract.—adj. Unsaid′.
Matched Categories
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unsay in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unsay in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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