unmakev.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈmeɪk/, U.S.

/ˌənˈmeɪk/

Inflections: Past tense and past participle unmade Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈmeɪd/, U.S.

/ˌənˈmeɪd/;

Forms: see un- prefix² and make v.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², make v.¹

Etymology: < un- prefix² (compare and- prefix) + make v.¹ Compare Middle Dutch, Dutch †ontmaken, Old High German inmahchōn (Middle High German, German (now rare) entmachen).Earlier currency in sense 1b or 2 is perhaps shown by the following glossarial example, the precise meaning of which is unclear:a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 34 Infio, be vnmade [a1500 Harl. 1738 on mad].

a. transitive. To undo or cancel the making of (a statement, action, etc.); to revoke, annul, retract; spec. to repeal (a law, act, etc.). Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)]

fordoOE

allayOE

withdrawc1290

withclepe13..

again-callc1390

to call againc1390

repealc1390

revokec1400

unmakec1400

rive1415

annulc1425

abroge1427

uncommandc1430

discharge?a1439

retreatc1443

retract1501

cancela1513

abrogate?1520

dissolve1526

extinct1531

rescind1531

abrenounce1537

infringe1543

recall1565

unwrite1577

extinguish1590

exauctorate1593

relinquish1594

unact1594

to strike off1597

undecide1601

unpass1606

to take off1609

to draw back1610

reclaim1615

to put back1616

abrenunciate1618

unrip1622

supersedeate1641

to set off1642

unassure1643

unorder1648

to ask away1649

disdetermine1651

unbespeak1661

undecree1667

reassumea1675

off-break1702

circumduct1726

raise1837

resiliate1838

denounce1841

disorder1852

pull1937

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xv. l. 236 Matrimoigne for monye [they] maken & vnmaken.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. ix. 199 Sum vtheris..That lawis maid and wnmaid, as thaim list.

a1536 W. Tyndale in J. Marbeck Bk. of Notes (1581) 746 Who can suffer them.., for their owne profites, to make and vnmake lawes..?

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 337 His soule is so infetter'd to her loue, That she may make, vnmake, doe what she list.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. xvii. 67 God will not unmake his miracles by making them common.

1747 J. Cunningham Love in Mist 32 After making and unmaking a thousand Resolutions, I contrived to steal away the Writings of my Fortune, which my Guardian refused to give up to me.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VI lx. 31 In perfect Innocence she then unmade Her toilet, which cost little.

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. iv. iii. 266 When a statute..has been unmade by the authority that made it.

1919 Review (N.Y.) 27 Dec. 711/1 If he made a point by his pose, he unmade it by his voice.

1986 R. Strange Catholic Faith xiii. 159 The joy of resurrection does not unmake the pain of dying.

2013 Guardian (Nexis) 17 July 29 This choice is more final as you can't regret the decision or unmake it.

b. transitive. To reverse or undo the making of (something material); to return (someone or something) to an unmade condition; to break, destroy; to dismantle, take apart. Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > change back [verb (transitive)]

reversea1393

converta1425

undo1426

unmakec1450

recommencea1513

unweave1542

mismake1575

resubstantiate1584

unspin1587

remit1591

retrievea1596

remetamorphose1598

remorphize1603

reconvert1609

unlive1621

unravel1637

relapse1652

to bring about1680

uncoin1833

unpay1842

reset1846

revert1856

unweb1882

c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 38 It is a iewell that was..maad..of my fader with oute smytinge of strok... For noyse and strokes maken it nouht but tobreken it and vnmaken it.

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 11270 He made [olde nattys], & hem vnmade ageyn.

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 11416 And thogh that I make & vnmake, Blame me nat.

a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) l. 6683 Euery man shal principaly Worshipe God..Þat him made and shal vnmake.

1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale vii. 60 Vnmake my limbes, vntwiste my guiltie liefe.

1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iv. 132 God does not make or unmake things, to try experiments.

1734 W. Crawford Short Man. against Infidelity vii. 94 God..may unmake again what he has already made.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 74. ⁋11 She compels them to alter their work, then to unmake it.

1821 Ld. Byron Cain i. i, in Sardanapalus 350 But, if he made us—he cannot unmake.

1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 339 And now thou knowest in how short a space The God that made the world can unmake thee.

1949 P. Bowles Let. 14 Oct. in In Touch (1994) 205 Our contractor,..each time he goes to the place now, unmakes it a bit more, so that soon it will be back where it was in August.

1983 G. Swift Waterland (1984) iii. 10 Silt obstructs as it builds; unmakes as it makes.

2010 C. Foran Mordecai v. ii. 506 Crews made and unmade the camp each evening and morning.

2. transitive. To effect the failure of; to ruin, bring to nothing. Cf. make v.¹ 69a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)]

to bring to noughteOE

forspillc893

fordilghec900

to bring to naughtOE

astryea1200

stroyc1200

forferec1275

misdoa1325

destroyc1330

naught1340

dingc1380

beshenda1400

devoida1400

unshapea1400

to wend downa1400

brittenc1400

unloukc1400

perishc1426

defeat1435

unmake1439

lithc1450

spend1481

kill1530

to shend ofc1540

quade1565

to make away1566

discreate1570

wrake1570

wracka1586

unwork1587

gaster1609

defease1621

unbe1624

uncreate1633

destructa1638

naufragate1648

stifle1725

stramash1788

disannul1794

destructify1841

locust1868

to knock out1944

dick1972

1439 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 393 (MED) Þe Kyng puttyng the said occupiours fro hem withoute thair assente..shuld go ayeinst his owne & ayeinst his faders forsaide lettres patentz & seal & undo, unmake, and begger many man.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. vii. 54 They haue made themselues, and that their fitnesse now Do's vnmake you.

1652 E. Benlowes Theophila iii. lxxxix. 48 Sure, Thou to Guilt, Which would unmake thy Creatures, wilt Be just.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 189 To mistrust boundless wisdom, to contrive so, that it might have better been contrived, is to unmake its boundlesness.

1727 R. Acherley Britannic Constit. 42 To Unmake or Impair the First and Original Principle of this Constitution..would..be Acts Inconsistent with the very End of the Grand Trust Reposed in the Three Estates.

1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 264 If the great powers are going to make a permanent European state out of Turkey, they must unmake the Turk.

1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 148 The machine unmakes the man.

1943 Boys' Life July 4/3 You're only one of the millions of men who have registered for the draft. Do you think one Larry Kane is going to make or unmake the army?

2012 S. Grace Dam Nation 261 When it became obvious he was at fault, he took responsibility for the disaster that unmade him.

3. transitive. To deprive (a person) of a particular rank or office; to depose.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)]

outOE

deposec1300

remuec1325

to put out1344

to set downc1369

deprivec1374

outputa1382

removea1382

to throw outa1382

to put downc1384

privea1387

to set adowna1387

to put out of ——?a1400

amovec1425

disappoint1434

unmakec1475

dismiss1477

dispoint1483

voidc1503

to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion1546

relieve1549

cass1550

displace1553

unauthorize1554

to wring out1560

seclude1572

eject1576

dispost1577

decass1579

overboard1585

cast1587

sequester1587

to put to grass1589

cashier1592

discompose1599

abdicate1610

unseat1611

dismount1612

disoffice1627

to take off1642

unchair1645

destitute1653

lift1659

resign1674

quietus1688

superannuate1692

derange1796

shelve1812

shelf1819

Stellenbosch1900

defenestrate1917

axe1922

retire1961

c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 77 (MED) It was as grete worchipp for to make kyngis as to putt theim downe and vnmake theim.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) iv. 28 He may nocht vndo yat he has done, ffor suppos yat he haue power to mak a knycht, he has na power to vnmak him sa mekle Is the vertu of knychthede.

1554 J. Bale Declar. Bonner's Articles xix. 68 He is wonte to make kinges, and to vnmake them again at his plesure.

1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. 418 Saieinge withal, Hee had Power to make Emperours, and to vnmake them.

1616 King James VI & I Trew Law of Free Monarchies 202 in Wks. 202 As foolish writers say, the people might vnmake the king, and put an other in his roome.

1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 129 An English King hath power..to make and unmake Members [of Parliament] as he shal please.

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 70 They made and unmade Popes at their pleasure.

1736 J. Thomson Britain: 4th Pt. Liberty 879 He mark'd the Barons of excessive sway, At pleasure making and unmaking kings.

1808 W. Mitford Hist. Greece (new ed.) IV. 353 He made and unmade there what kings he pleased.

1894 Ld. Wolseley Life Marlborough I. 178 Her authority was such, that she could make and unmake ministers.

1950 J. Lait & L. Mortimer Chicago Confidential i. iii. 39 They at times, and years at a time, virtually ran the city, made and unmade judges, mayors, and even governors.

2013 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 23 Oct. 47 One of the great virtues of the parliamentary members alone having the power to make and unmake a leader is its flexibility.

4. transitive. With complement: to cause to be no longer (what is expressed by the complement). Cf. make v.¹ II.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change [verb (transitive)]

wharvec897

wendOE

i-wendeOE

awendOE

aturn?c1225

biwrixle?c1225

changec1225

turnc1225

shifta1325

vary1340

inchangea1382

strange1390

altera1398

alterate?a1425

permute?a1425

difference1481

renewc1515

alienate1534

wrixlec1540

to chop and change1557

variate1566

palter1587

permutate1598

immute1613

unmake1616

unsame1632

chop1644

veer1647

variegatea1690

refract1700

mutabilatea1704

commute1825

stranger1863

switch1919

1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes lv, in Wks. I. 783 At once thou mak'st me happie, and vnmak'st.

1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love iii. i. 22 You are so pure—That in the Act 'twould change th' impiety. Heav'n would unmake it sin.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 66 To make our Patient any Thing better, we must unmake him what he is.

1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 150 Any thing may be our Interest or Good. That which we make such at one time, we may unmake again at another.

1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh ix. 376 I take her as God made her, and as men Must fail to unmake her.

1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 8 June in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) 298 Her modest attitude..is partly what unmakes her as the heathen goddess, and softens her into woman.

1910 Harper's Weekly 29 Oct. 6/1 The spirit of his daily life makes or unmakes him a Christian.

2009 K. Verdery in C. Iordachi & D. Dobrincu Transforming Peasants, Prop. & Power iii. 322 The same functionaries had been involved in making and unmaking him a chiabur.

5. transitive. to unmake one's mind: to reconsider or reverse a decision; to change one's mind. Cf. to make up one's mind at make v.¹ Phrasal verbs 1.In quot. 1848: to change another person's mind.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)]

to fall from ——a1425

waivec1450

forthink1483

to leave up1523

unresolve1608

startle1612

betray1614

recant1648

recede1650

to turn round1808

to unmake one's mind1848

unwill1871

1848 Juvenile Scrap-bk. 66 She thought it clever to make up her mind, to make it up at once, conclusively, and not to allow it to be unmade again for any purpose of kindness, or good will.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 4 When you have made up your mind to go to West Africa the very best thing you can do is to get it unmade again.

1912 M. Bryant Adjustment xxiii. 272 Dr. Consett made and unmade his mind on the subject of Miss Massendon some six times.

2004 C. Landis Harvest ix. 115 ‘I got a made-up mind.’ ‘I'll bet you can unmake it.’

Derivatives

unˈmaking n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > [noun]

gain-turning1340

reversion1547

regression1583

unmaking1587

retrogradation1638

repedation1646

metathesis1653

recommencement1655

antecedency1656

remutation1692

reconversion1759

relapsing1772

recurrence1789

revertal1824

switcheroo1933

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxii. 380 And the Poets themselues, who made the Gods to be such as they be, take as great pleasure in the vnmaking of them, as little Children doe in playing with their Puppets.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iii. i. 254 Though he seems to admit Eternal Vicissitudes of such Making, and Unmaking, and Restitutions of the inferior World.

1867 H. Bushnell Moral Uses Dark Things 285 A general unmaking of the world by transgression.

1871 S. Smiles Character xi. 324 A wife may be the making or the unmaking of the best of men.

1951 J. R. R. Tolkien Lett. (1995) 160 We are to see the overthrow of the last incarnation of Evil, the unmaking of the Ring,..and the return in majesty of the true King.

2007 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 27 Sept. 66/1 The making and unmaking of Prussia should be understood..as part of a distinctively Central European political evolution.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unmake
释义	unmakev. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈmeɪk/, U.S. /ˌənˈmeɪk/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle unmade Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈmeɪd/, U.S. /ˌənˈmeɪd/; Forms: see un- prefix² and make v.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², make v.¹ Etymology: < un- prefix² (compare and- prefix) + make v.¹ Compare Middle Dutch, Dutch †ontmaken, Old High German inmahchōn (Middle High German, German (now rare) entmachen).Earlier currency in sense 1b or 2 is perhaps shown by the following glossarial example, the precise meaning of which is unclear:a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 34 Infio, be vnmade [a1500 Harl. 1738 on mad]. 1. a. transitive. To undo or cancel the making of (a statement, action, etc.); to revoke, annul, retract; spec. to repeal (a law, act, etc.). Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)] fordoOE allayOE withdrawc1290 withclepe13.. again-callc1390 to call againc1390 repealc1390 revokec1400 unmakec1400 rive1415 annulc1425 abroge1427 uncommandc1430 discharge?a1439 retreatc1443 retract1501 cancela1513 abrogate?1520 dissolve1526 extinct1531 rescind1531 abrenounce1537 infringe1543 recall1565 unwrite1577 extinguish1590 exauctorate1593 relinquish1594 unact1594 to strike off1597 undecide1601 unpass1606 to take off1609 to draw back1610 reclaim1615 to put back1616 abrenunciate1618 unrip1622 supersedeate1641 to set off1642 unassure1643 unorder1648 to ask away1649 disdetermine1651 unbespeak1661 undecree1667 reassumea1675 off-break1702 circumduct1726 raise1837 resiliate1838 denounce1841 disorder1852 pull1937 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xv. l. 236 Matrimoigne for monye [they] maken & vnmaken. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. ix. 199 Sum vtheris..That lawis maid and wnmaid, as thaim list. a1536 W. Tyndale in J. Marbeck Bk. of Notes (1581) 746 Who can suffer them.., for their owne profites, to make and vnmake lawes..? a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 337 His soule is so infetter'd to her loue, That she may make, vnmake, doe what she list. View more context for this quotation 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. xvii. 67 God will not unmake his miracles by making them common. 1747 J. Cunningham Love in Mist 32 After making and unmaking a thousand Resolutions, I contrived to steal away the Writings of my Fortune, which my Guardian refused to give up to me. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VI lx. 31 In perfect Innocence she then unmade Her toilet, which cost little. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. iv. iii. 266 When a statute..has been unmade by the authority that made it. 1919 Review (N.Y.) 27 Dec. 711/1 If he made a point by his pose, he unmade it by his voice. 1986 R. Strange Catholic Faith xiii. 159 The joy of resurrection does not unmake the pain of dying. 2013 Guardian (Nexis) 17 July 29 This choice is more final as you can't regret the decision or unmake it. b. transitive. To reverse or undo the making of (something material); to return (someone or something) to an unmade condition; to break, destroy; to dismantle, take apart. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > change back [verb (transitive)] reversea1393 converta1425 undo1426 unmakec1450 recommencea1513 unweave1542 mismake1575 resubstantiate1584 unspin1587 remit1591 retrievea1596 remetamorphose1598 remorphize1603 reconvert1609 unlive1621 unravel1637 relapse1652 to bring about1680 uncoin1833 unpay1842 reset1846 revert1856 unweb1882 c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 38 It is a iewell that was..maad..of my fader with oute smytinge of strok... For noyse and strokes maken it nouht but tobreken it and vnmaken it. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 11270 He made [olde nattys], & hem vnmade ageyn. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 11416 And thogh that I make & vnmake, Blame me nat. a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) l. 6683 Euery man shal principaly Worshipe God..Þat him made and shal vnmake. 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale vii. 60 Vnmake my limbes, vntwiste my guiltie liefe. 1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iv. 132 God does not make or unmake things, to try experiments. 1734 W. Crawford Short Man. against Infidelity vii. 94 God..may unmake again what he has already made. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 74. ⁋11 She compels them to alter their work, then to unmake it. 1821 Ld. Byron Cain i. i, in Sardanapalus 350 But, if he made us—he cannot unmake. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 339 And now thou knowest in how short a space The God that made the world can unmake thee. 1949 P. Bowles Let. 14 Oct. in In Touch (1994) 205 Our contractor,..each time he goes to the place now, unmakes it a bit more, so that soon it will be back where it was in August. 1983 G. Swift Waterland (1984) iii. 10 Silt obstructs as it builds; unmakes as it makes. 2010 C. Foran Mordecai v. ii. 506 Crews made and unmade the camp each evening and morning. 2. transitive. To effect the failure of; to ruin, bring to nothing. Cf. make v.¹ 69a. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] to bring to noughteOE forspillc893 fordilghec900 to bring to naughtOE astryea1200 stroyc1200 forferec1275 misdoa1325 destroyc1330 naught1340 dingc1380 beshenda1400 devoida1400 unshapea1400 to wend downa1400 brittenc1400 unloukc1400 perishc1426 defeat1435 unmake1439 lithc1450 spend1481 kill1530 to shend ofc1540 quade1565 to make away1566 discreate1570 wrake1570 wracka1586 unwork1587 gaster1609 defease1621 unbe1624 uncreate1633 destructa1638 naufragate1648 stifle1725 stramash1788 disannul1794 destructify1841 locust1868 to knock out1944 dick1972 1439 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 393 (MED) Þe Kyng puttyng the said occupiours fro hem withoute thair assente..shuld go ayeinst his owne & ayeinst his faders forsaide lettres patentz & seal & undo, unmake, and begger many man. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. vii. 54 They haue made themselues, and that their fitnesse now Do's vnmake you. View more context for this quotation 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila iii. lxxxix. 48 Sure, Thou to Guilt, Which would unmake thy Creatures, wilt Be just. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 189 To mistrust boundless wisdom, to contrive so, that it might have better been contrived, is to unmake its boundlesness. 1727 R. Acherley Britannic Constit. 42 To Unmake or Impair the First and Original Principle of this Constitution..would..be Acts Inconsistent with the very End of the Grand Trust Reposed in the Three Estates. 1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 264 If the great powers are going to make a permanent European state out of Turkey, they must unmake the Turk. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 148 The machine unmakes the man. 1943 Boys' Life July 4/3 You're only one of the millions of men who have registered for the draft. Do you think one Larry Kane is going to make or unmake the army? 2012 S. Grace Dam Nation 261 When it became obvious he was at fault, he took responsibility for the disaster that unmade him. 3. transitive. To deprive (a person) of a particular rank or office; to depose. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] outOE deposec1300 remuec1325 to put out1344 to set downc1369 deprivec1374 outputa1382 removea1382 to throw outa1382 to put downc1384 privea1387 to set adowna1387 to put out of ——?a1400 amovec1425 disappoint1434 unmakec1475 dismiss1477 dispoint1483 voidc1503 to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion1546 relieve1549 cass1550 displace1553 unauthorize1554 to wring out1560 seclude1572 eject1576 dispost1577 decass1579 overboard1585 cast1587 sequester1587 to put to grass1589 cashier1592 discompose1599 abdicate1610 unseat1611 dismount1612 disoffice1627 to take off1642 unchair1645 destitute1653 lift1659 resign1674 quietus1688 superannuate1692 derange1796 shelve1812 shelf1819 Stellenbosch1900 defenestrate1917 axe1922 retire1961 c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 77 (MED) It was as grete worchipp for to make kyngis as to putt theim downe and vnmake theim. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) iv. 28 He may nocht vndo yat he has done, ffor suppos yat he haue power to mak a knycht, he has na power to vnmak him sa mekle Is the vertu of knychthede. 1554 J. Bale Declar. Bonner's Articles xix. 68 He is wonte to make kinges, and to vnmake them again at his plesure. 1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. 418 Saieinge withal, Hee had Power to make Emperours, and to vnmake them. 1616 King James VI & I Trew Law of Free Monarchies 202 in Wks. 202 As foolish writers say, the people might vnmake the king, and put an other in his roome. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 129 An English King hath power..to make and unmake Members [of Parliament] as he shal please. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 70 They made and unmade Popes at their pleasure. 1736 J. Thomson Britain: 4th Pt. Liberty 879 He mark'd the Barons of excessive sway, At pleasure making and unmaking kings. 1808 W. Mitford Hist. Greece (new ed.) IV. 353 He made and unmade there what kings he pleased. 1894 Ld. Wolseley Life Marlborough I. 178 Her authority was such, that she could make and unmake ministers. 1950 J. Lait & L. Mortimer Chicago Confidential i. iii. 39 They at times, and years at a time, virtually ran the city, made and unmade judges, mayors, and even governors. 2013 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 23 Oct. 47 One of the great virtues of the parliamentary members alone having the power to make and unmake a leader is its flexibility. 4. transitive. With complement: to cause to be no longer (what is expressed by the complement). Cf. make v.¹ II. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change [verb (transitive)] wharvec897 wendOE i-wendeOE awendOE aturn?c1225 biwrixle?c1225 changec1225 turnc1225 shifta1325 vary1340 inchangea1382 strange1390 altera1398 alterate?a1425 permute?a1425 difference1481 renewc1515 alienate1534 wrixlec1540 to chop and change1557 variate1566 palter1587 permutate1598 immute1613 unmake1616 unsame1632 chop1644 veer1647 variegatea1690 refract1700 mutabilatea1704 commute1825 stranger1863 switch1919 1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes lv, in Wks. I. 783 At once thou mak'st me happie, and vnmak'st. 1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love iii. i. 22 You are so pure—That in the Act 'twould change th' impiety. Heav'n would unmake it sin. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 66 To make our Patient any Thing better, we must unmake him what he is. 1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 150 Any thing may be our Interest or Good. That which we make such at one time, we may unmake again at another. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh ix. 376 I take her as God made her, and as men Must fail to unmake her. 1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 8 June in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) 298 Her modest attitude..is partly what unmakes her as the heathen goddess, and softens her into woman. 1910 Harper's Weekly 29 Oct. 6/1 The spirit of his daily life makes or unmakes him a Christian. 2009 K. Verdery in C. Iordachi & D. Dobrincu Transforming Peasants, Prop. & Power iii. 322 The same functionaries had been involved in making and unmaking him a chiabur. 5. transitive. to unmake one's mind: to reconsider or reverse a decision; to change one's mind. Cf. to make up one's mind at make v.¹ Phrasal verbs 1.In quot. 1848: to change another person's mind. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] to fall from ——a1425 waivec1450 forthink1483 to leave up1523 unresolve1608 startle1612 betray1614 recant1648 recede1650 to turn round1808 to unmake one's mind1848 unwill1871 1848 Juvenile Scrap-bk. 66 She thought it clever to make up her mind, to make it up at once, conclusively, and not to allow it to be unmade again for any purpose of kindness, or good will. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 4 When you have made up your mind to go to West Africa the very best thing you can do is to get it unmade again. 1912 M. Bryant Adjustment xxiii. 272 Dr. Consett made and unmade his mind on the subject of Miss Massendon some six times. 2004 C. Landis Harvest ix. 115 ‘I got a made-up mind.’ ‘I'll bet you can unmake it.’ Derivatives unˈmaking n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > [noun] gain-turning1340 reversion1547 regression1583 unmaking1587 retrogradation1638 repedation1646 metathesis1653 recommencement1655 antecedency1656 remutation1692 reconversion1759 relapsing1772 recurrence1789 revertal1824 switcheroo1933 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxii. 380 And the Poets themselues, who made the Gods to be such as they be, take as great pleasure in the vnmaking of them, as little Children doe in playing with their Puppets. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iii. i. 254 Though he seems to admit Eternal Vicissitudes of such Making, and Unmaking, and Restitutions of the inferior World. 1867 H. Bushnell Moral Uses Dark Things 285 A general unmaking of the world by transgression. 1871 S. Smiles Character xi. 324 A wife may be the making or the unmaking of the best of men. 1951 J. R. R. Tolkien Lett. (1995) 160 We are to see the overthrow of the last incarnation of Evil, the unmaking of the Ring,..and the return in majesty of the true King. 2007 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 27 Sept. 66/1 The making and unmaking of Prussia should be understood..as part of a distinctively Central European political evolution. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1400
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