unpredict
English
Etymology
Verb
unpredict (third-person singular simple present unpredicts, present participle unpredicting, simple past and past participle unpredicted)
- (transitive) To retract or undo a previous prediction.
- 1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 3:
- Means I must use, thou say'st; prediction else
Will unpredict, and fail me of the throne
References
- “unpredict”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.