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Unwrit vs Unwrite - What's the difference?

unwrit | unwrite |

As an adjective unwrit

is (archaic|poetic) unwritten.

As a verb unwrite is

to retract an edict or law.

unwrit

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (archaic, poetic) unwritten
  • * (George Henry Calvert)
    • His parts are firmed by truth; / And so far as the unwrit book of manhood / Can in the preface of frank youth be read, / His life is dedicate to worthiness.

    unwrite

    English

    Verb

  • To retract an edict or law.
    • What has been written cannot be unwritten .
  • * 1847 , John Frost, Pictorial Life of George Washington (page 131)
    • Accordingly, in June, the governor, as if rescinding the resolution could unwrite the letter, demanded its erasure from the records of the house.

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