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unstir

verb

Etymology

From un- + stir.

  1. derived from *sturiz✻ — “turmoil, noise, confusion”
  2. inherited from styrian — “to be in motion, move, agitate, stir, disturb, trouble”
  3. inherited from stiren
  4. formed as unstir — “un- + stir”

Definitions

  1. Hypothetically, to undo the act of stirring or being stirred.

    • Similarly, you cannot 'unstir' the sugar from a cup of coffee once it has been dissolved, and you never see a pile of ash in the fireplace 'unburn' to become a log of wood again.

The neighborhood

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