unact

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ act.

Verb

unact (third-person singular simple present unacts, present participle unacting, simple past and past participle unacted)

  1. (rare, transitive) To undo the acting of; to reverse (an action).
    Synonym: undo
    • 1709, Benjamin Hoadly, An humble reply to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Exeter's Answer (page 66)
      […] the only way of regaining God's Favour is to unact what they then acted, whilst the way lies open; before length of time obscures, and effaces those antient [sic] Paths to which they ought in Duty to return.
    • 1908, George Iles, Little Masterpieces of Autobiography (volume 6, page 133)
      […] have been so busy acting their several parts in the past, and are in the present so busy trying to unact them […]
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