unshadow

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ shadow

Verb[edit]

unshadow (third-person singular simple present unshadows, present participle unshadowing, simple past and past participle unshadowed)

  1. (transitive) To free from shadow; to allow to become illuminated.
  2. (transitive, computing) To combine (a password file) with its corresponding "shadow file" in order to facilitate cracking of the passwords.