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unpublish

verb

Etymology

From un- + publish.

  1. derived from publicare
  2. derived from publier
  3. inherited from publicen
  4. formed as unpublish — “un- + publish”

Definitions

  1. To remove (something previously published) from circulation

    To remove (something previously published) from circulation; to retract.

    • Burns' political sentiments were already clearly delineated in 'A Dream' and no amount of etiquette could unpublish that poem.
    • Yes. We have a strict policy on unpublishing: We don’t.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unpublish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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