uncreate
English
Etymology
Verb
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- (transitive) To kill; to destroy; to deprive of existence; to annihilate.
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Who can uncreate thee, thou shalt know.
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (transitive) To undo the act of creating.
- 1930, G. K. Chesterton, The Resurrection of Rome
- They at least had the immense and mighty imagination of which I speak; they could unthink the past. They could uncreate the Fall. With a reverence which moderns might think impudence, they could uncreate the Creation.
- 1930, G. K. Chesterton, The Resurrection of Rome