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unhappen

verb

Etymology

From un- + happen.

  1. derived from *hampijaną✻ — “to fit in, be fitting”
  2. derived from *happa✻
  3. inherited from hæppan — “to move accidentally, slip”
  4. derived from happen — “to come to pass, happen”
  5. inherited from happenen
  6. prefixed as unhappen — “un + happen”

Definitions

  1. To cease to have happened

    To cease to have happened; to undo itself.

    • I wish everything that happened between us could unhappen, and we could start again.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA