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unmelt

verb

Etymology

From un- + melt.

  1. derived from *(s)meld-✻
  2. inherited from *meltaną✻
  3. inherited from *meltan✻
  4. inherited from meltan
  5. inherited from melten
  6. formed as unmelt — “un- + melt”

Definitions

  1. To undergo the process of melting in reverse.

    • Eggs break, but do not unbreak; candles melt, but they don't unmelt; memories are of the past, never of the future; […]
    • A snowflake does not unmelt.

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