† unknavev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To cause (a person) no longer to be treated as a knave (knave n. 3a); to disguise the unscrupulous character of (a person).
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1746 Fool (1748) II. 9 By pursuing their Master's Instructions, [they] make it their Business to unknave him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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