unblightとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

un- +‎ blight

動詞

unblight (三人称単数 現在形 unblights, 現在分詞 unblighting, 過去形および過去分詞形 unblighted)

1. (transitive) To undo the blighting of; to cure or ameliorate.
   • 1976, Richard Howard Stafford Crossman, The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister: 1964-1966 (page 404)

     Despite their criticism I can't help feeling very pleased with this device for using planning permissions not to blight but to unblight areas.

   • 1983, National Geographic (volume 164, page 279)

     […] the preservationist who sees the restoration of such cultural assets as a way to unblight and revitalize our decaying cities.

   • 1992, Richard Foerster, Sudden Harbor: Poems (page 42)

     How to unblight the apple