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| . [OE. un-, on-, the unaccented form of the
accented prefix and- (cf. Answer); akin to D. ont-, G.
ent-, OHG. int-, Goth. and-. See Anti-.]
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An inseparable verbal prefix or particle. It is prefixed:
(a) To verbs to express the contrary, and not the simple
negative, of the action of the verb to which it is prefixed; as in
uncoil, undo, unfold. (b) To nouns to
form verbs expressing privation of the thing, quality, or state expressed
by the noun, or separation from it; as in unchild, unsex.
Sometimes particles and participial adjectives formed with this prefix
coincide in form with compounds of the negative prefix un- (see 2d
Un-); as in undone (from undo), meaning unfastened,
ruined; and undone (from 2d un- and done) meaning not
done, not finished. Un- is sometimes used with an intensive force
merely; as in unloose.
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