† unmartyrv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To render (a person) no longer a martyr; to deprive of the status of martyr.
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society > faith > worship > martyrdom > cause martyrdom [verb (transitive)] > deprive of status of martyr
unmartyr1593
1593 J. Napier Plaine Discouery Reuelation St. Iohn i. xxvi. 43 Even from the time that Sylvester the first, and first Pope vnmartyred receiued his three crowns and large patrimonie of the Emperour Constantin.
1646 W. Prynne Canterburies Doome Ep. Ded. sig. a2 The setting forth of this History of his Tryall, will soon Un-martyr, Un-saint, Uncrown this Arch-Imposter.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 119 Scotus..was made a Martyr after his Death... But since Baronius hath unmartyred him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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