unrecognize

English

Etymology

un- +‎ recognize

Verb

unrecognize (third-person singular simple present unrecognizes, present participle unrecognizing, simple past and past participle unrecognized)

  1. (transitive) To cease to recognize.
    • 2007 August 15, “Reading Lincoln’s Face”, in New York Times‎:
      We are so good that it is almost impossible to unrecognize a face in order to notice the asymmetries that help us first recognize it.
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