unedge

English

Etymology

un- +‎ edge

Verb

unedge (third-person singular simple present unedges, present participle unedging, simple past and past participle unedged)

To deprive of an edge; to blunt.
- 1610–1614, John Fletcher, “The Tragedie of Valentinian”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  […] bodies that were made for shining brass,
  Are […] unedged

References

unedge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

dengue

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