Inburn vs Unburn - What's the difference?
inburn | unburn |
To burn in; burn or affect as to make a permanent or lasting impression or mark.
*1879 , John Henry Parker, The Archaeology of Rome :
*1902 , American Institute of Homeopathy, American Institute of Homeopathy, Transactions of the fifty-seventh session of the American Institute :
To burn within.
*1888 , William James McClure, Poems: religious and miscellaneous :
To undergo the process of burning in reverse.
* 2009 , Bradley Harris Dowden, The Metaphysics of Time: A Dialogue (page 122)
As verbs the difference between inburn and unburn
is that inburn is to burn in; burn or affect as to make a permanent or lasting impression or mark while unburn is to undergo the process of burning in reverse.inburn
English
Verb
(en verb)- Nicias has written upon this picture that he 'inburned' it, [...]
- The habits of their fathers and their own early years have been so deeply inburned that they have not yet come to appreciate the value and convenience of modern toilets.
- Of life complete — the outer rays / That show what fire of love inburns , [...]
Derived terms
* (l)unburn
English
Verb
(en verb)- In your class last year we learned that increase in entropy is why matches burn but never unburn , why cans rust but never unrust, and why engines are never perfectly efficient.
