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单词 unwish
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unwishv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈwɪʃ/, U.S. /ˌənˈwɪʃ/
Etymology: un- prefix2 1a.
1. transitive. To retract, cancel, or abrogate (a wish, choice, etc.).
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)] > recant or retract
to call againc1390
repealc1390
revokec1390
replyc1425
renounce1446
renayc1450
unsay1483
manswear1502
to let loose1530
to call back1533
recant1534
retract1538
unswear1591
unwish1591
swallow1597
to take back1599
retractate1600
reclaim1615
unspeak1615
recede1655
renege1679
unnotify1738
unpronounce1745
withdraw1793
palinode1892
1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares f. 42 If that wish had taken effect, I would now vnwishe it againe.
a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) ii. xxiv. 12 Had not Job cause to unwish his former wishes.
1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 267 Who..lived to disdesire and unwish their former choise by late repentance.
1853 C. M. Yonge Heir of Redclyffe I. i. 13 ‘Never was a more absurd wish,’ said Charles..; ‘unwish it forthwith.’
1864 M. B. Smedley Linnet's Trial II. iv. i. 222 I hope you won't un-wish your wish as soon as it is gratified.
absolute.1881 C. M. Yonge Lads & Lasses Langley ii. 110 Frank was left to wish and unwish.
2.
a. To make an end of by wishing; to wish away or annihilated. Also reflexive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > will the destruction of
unwisha1616
nonwill1788
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. iii. 76 Now thou hast vnwisht fiue thousand men: Which likes me better, then to wish vs one. View more context for this quotation
1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall v. 71 The most tedious being is that which can unwish it self, content to be nothing, or never to have been.
1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 178 Were I sure never to be pleased, my next Business should be to unwish my self, and pray for Annihilation.
b. To wish or desire (a circumstance or thing) not to be.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > regret > [verb (transitive)]
forthink?a1250
ruea1300
remordc1400
sorrow?a1425
forruec1425
overthinkc1450
regreta1500
deplore1567
grieve1597
unwish1629
repent1631
lament1794
1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia ii. 74 Performe, performe, what now it is too late T' vnwish againe; too soone to violate.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. x. 38 To desire there were no God, were plainly to unwish their owne being. View more context for this quotation
1708 O. Dykes Moral Reflexions Eng. Prov. 170 Crack'd Maiden-heads cannot be set together again, like broken China,..by unwishing the Misfortune.
1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus iv. i. 120 Do not poison all My peace left, by unwishing that thou wert A father.
1876 R. Broughton Joan II. i. xxviii. 232 What we wish to-day, often we unwish to-morrow.
c. reflexive. To seek to remove (oneself) from a particular class or category by wishing; to wish not to be something.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > regret > [verb (reflexive)]
unwish1615
1615 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. III. O.T. ix. 128 How many shall vnwish themselues Christians, when Gods reuenges haue found them out?
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 10) 730 At that dreadfull day how many shall unwish themselves Christians.

Derivatives

unˈwishing n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > recantation or retraction
renayinga1400
retractionc1405
revocationa1428
recanting1534
recantation?1544
retractation1547
retract1553
renegation1581
reneging1632
revoking1646
unsaying1647
misowning1661
unwishing1699
unswearinga1822
withdrawal1836
1699 R. L'Estrange Fables Moralized lxxii. 69 This Levity, of Wishing, and Unwishing, is..the Great Bus'ness and Mistake of Humane Life.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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