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unbite

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ bite.

Verb

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unbite (third-person singular simple present unbites, present participle unbiting, simple past unbit, past participle unbitten)

  1. (rare, transitive, intransitive) To undo the biting of.
    to unbite the apple of knowledge
    • 1927, Henry Williamson, Tarka the Otter:
      The eel lashed again, and Tarka unbit. He swam under and bit it at the back of the neck, and again released it []

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