unmaken

Middle English edit

Etymology edit

From un- +‎ maken.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /unˈmaːkən/

Verb edit

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.
(in the past participle) incomplete, unfinished

Conjugation edit

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	unmade
imperative singular	unmake	—

plural¹	unmaken, unmake	unmaden, unmade
imperative plural	unmaketh, unmake	—

participles	unmakynge, unmakende	unmad

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants edit

English: unmake

References edit

“unmāken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.