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Unchild

Unchild \Un*child"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + child.]

  1. To bereave of children; to make childless.
    --Shak.

  2. To make unlike a child; to divest of the characteristics of a child.
    --Bp. Hall.

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unchild

vb. (context obsolete transitive English) To make someone childless.

Usage examples of "unchild".

This unchild had been playing her like a fine instrument throughout their interview.

She remembered the dream of herself, weeping for the fate of her own daughter—the unchild of her selfishness, who would have had to suffer in her stead, with even less chance of succeeding.