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un-2 prefix expressing reversal or deprivation. OE.
un-,
on-,
an- = OS.
ant- (Du.
ont-), OHG.
ant-,
int- (G.
ent-), orig. identical with
and- in OE.
andswaru ANSWER,
andlong ALONG. Most of the OE. formations have a simple vb. as their base, as
unbindan unbind,
undōn UNDO,
unġeocian unyoke, and denote reversal of the action; the few denoting removal or deposition were increased later, as
unfasten,
unfix,
unlace,
unsettle,
unstitch, as also those denoting freedom or release, as
unbosom,
uncage,
unearth,
unhouse,
unsheathe; from late XVI comps. denoting deprivation of a quality or status appear, as
unchurch,
unking,
unman.
The redundant use of the prefix is rare, the chief ex. being
unloose.
Both
un-1 and
un-2 may be repr. in such a pp. form as
unsaddled, which may mean ‘not saddled or having a saddle’ or ‘removed from or deprived of a saddle’.
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