What does unsay mean?

Definitions for unsay
ʌnˈseɪun·say

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. swallow, take back, unsay, withdrawverb

    take back what one has said

    "He swallowed his words"

Wiktionary

  1. unsayverb

    To withdraw, retract (something said).

  2. unsayverb

    To not have said (since this is physically impossible usually in the subjunctive, as I wish I could unsay).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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.

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  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Unsay

    un-sā′, v.t. to recall what has been said: to retract.—adj. Unsaid′.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unsay in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unsay in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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