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English
Etymology
un- + edge
Verb
unedge (third-person singular simple present unedges, present participle unedging, simple past and past participle unedged)
- To deprive of an edge; to blunt.
1610–1614, John Fletcher, “The Tragedie of Valentinian”, in Comedies and Tragedies , London: Humphrey Robinson, , and for Humphrey Moseley , published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):[…] bodies that were made for shining brass,
Are […] unedged
References
“unedge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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