unblight

English

Etymology

un- +‎ blight

Verb

unblight (third-person singular simple present unblights, present participle unblighting, simple past and past participle 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