unchange

English

Etymology

From un- + change.

Verb

unchange (third-person singular simple present unchanges, present participle unchanging, simple past and past participle unchanged)

  1. (transitive) To revert or reverse a change
    • 1817, William Hutton, ‎Catherine Hutton, The life of William Hutton:
      Thus I experienced another important change, and one I never wished to unchange.
  2. (intransitive) To not change; be unchanging; remain constant
    • 2013, G. Klir, Applied General Systems Research:
      In analysing them we discern various mechanisms which seem to us to cause them to "unchange," to be "things" and thus to survive.
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