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Not married. examples
plural unweds
One who is not married; a bachelor or a spinster. quotations examples
Perhaps the most awkward situation for the inexperienced young landlady was how to deal with “unweds.”
1944, Emily Carr, “Unmarried”, in The House of All Sorts
third-person singular simple present unweds, present participle unwedding, simple past and past participle unwed or unwedded
(transitive) To annul the marriage of. quotations examples
At last it was determined to unwed the unhappy pair, during the arrangements for which the husband was arrested and put into jail for six months for rioting.
1918, All the World, volume 39, page 304
(transitive, figurative) To separate. quotations examples
A singer must be a fool indeed if you do not hear through Sullivan's notes the exact language of any song. Take, for example, the well-known Sentry song in Iolanthe and attempt to unwed the wit of the air from the wit of the thought and words; […]
2008, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Studies in Literature: Third Series, page 206