unmaken
Middle English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /unˈmaːkən/
Verb
unmaken (third-person singular simple present unmaketh, present participle unmakende, unmakynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative unmade, past participle unmad)
- (transitive) to unmake, to destroy, to kill
- (transitive) to abrogate, to annul, to abolish
- (transitive) to bring (someone) to ruin or a lowly state; also to depose, to dethrone (a ruler)
- (in the past participle) uncreated, unmade, existing eternally
- a. 1450, The Creation and the Fall of Lucifer in The York Plays, as recorded c. 1463–1477 in British Museum MS. Additional 35290:
- I am gracyus and grete, god withoutyn begynnyng, / I am maker vnmade, all mighte es in me, / I am lyfe and way vnto welth-wynnyng, / I am formaste and fyrste, als I byd sall it be.
- I am gracious and great, God without beginning, / I am the unmade maker—all might is in me, / I am life and the way to the attainment of salvation, / I am foremost and first—as I command, it shall be.
- a. 1450, The Creation and the Fall of Lucifer in The York Plays, as recorded c. 1463–1477 in British Museum MS. Additional 35290:
- (in the past participle) incomplete, unfinished
Conjugation
Conjugation of unmaken (weak irregular)
| infinitive | (to) unmaken, unmake | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | unmake | unmade | |
| 2nd-person singular | unmakest | unmadest | |
| 3rd-person singular | unmaketh | unmade | |
| subjunctive singular | unmake | ||
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural1 | unmaken, unmake | unmaden, unmade | |
| imperative plural | unmaketh, unmake | — | |
| participles | unmakynge, unmakende | unmad | |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
- English: unmake
References
- “unmāken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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