Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cease from clinging, adhering, entwining, embracing, or holding fast.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To cease from clinging or adhering.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To cease from
clinging oradhering .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
un- + cling
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Examples
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And now once for all, when I say _we_, please to understand that it is not out of conceit, for my share in our adventures was always very small, but to avoid uncling you all too much, and making so many repetitions of the names of Uncle Dick, Uncle Jack, and Uncle Bob.
Patience Wins War in the Works George Manville Fenn 1870
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For months I’ve been deprived of uncling privileges.
Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010
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For months I’ve been deprived of uncling privileges.
Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010
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For months I’ve been deprived of uncling privileges.
Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010
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