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"Sweet girl, kind and gentle. Unsay one name and say another and cast this mad dream aside."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

The ocean would as soon   Entreat the moon Unsay the magic verse   That seals him hers From silver noon to noon.

From The Poems of William Watson by Watson, William

"Unsay those words, my darling," wailed Mrs. Brand.

From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Ashmore, Annie

My Lord, my Sovereign, my poor father's friend,350 The mighty in the field, the sage in Council, Unsay the words of this man!—thou art silent!

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley

Unsay, un-sā′, v.t. to recall what has been said: to retract.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various