unwrite
English
verb
Definitions
- To erase; to revert to a state where (something) was never written.
- To nullify.
- To deconstruct.
- (computer engineering) To revert to a known state in so that new data can be written.
Etymology
Prefix from English write (imprint, engrave, inscribe).
Origin
English
write
Gloss
imprint, engrave, inscribe
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewrite English
- cowrite English
- enwrite English
- forewrite English
- handwrite English
- inwrite English
- miswrite English
- outwrite English
- overwrite English
- prewrite English
- rewrite English
- screenwrite English
- skywrite English
- sleepwrite English
- subwrite English
- underwrite English
- writability English
- writable English
- write English
- write-down English
- write-up English
- writeback English
- writee English
- writer English
- writest English
- writeth English
- writethrough English
- writing English
- writo English
- writen Middle English
- raitim Tok Pisin