unhaunt

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ haunt.

Verb

unhaunt (third-person singular simple present unhaunts, present participle unhaunting, simple past and past participle unhaunted)

  1. (transitive) To free from a haunting influence; to exorcise.
    • 2003, Jenny Blain, Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic, page 37:
      Jordsvin finds himself called upon by people outside his religion to use his trance-journeying abilities to 'unhaunt houses'.
    • 2019, William Alexander, A Festival of Ghosts, page 54:
      I'm saying that we shouldn't try to unhaunt the classroom. But we should be able to appease whatever is in there and upset.
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