unrecognize

English

Alternative forms

• unrecognise (British)

Etymology

From un- +‎ recognize.

Verb

unrecognize (third-person singular simple present unrecognizes, present participle unrecognizing, simple past and past participle unrecognized)

1. (transitive) To cease to recognize.
   • 2007 August 15, “Reading Lincoln’s Face”, in New York Times‎:

     We are so good that it is almost impossible to unrecognize a face in order to notice the asymmetries that help us first recognize it.