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Unprudent (?), a. Imprudent. [Obs.]
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Unprudential (?), a. Imprudent. [Obs.] “The most unwise and unprudential act.” Milton.
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Unpucker (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + pucker.] To smooth away the puckers or wrinkles of.
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Unpure (?), a. Not pure; impure.
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-- Unpurely, adv. -- Unpureness, n.
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Unpursed (?), a. [1st pref. un- + purse + -ed.]
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1. Robbed of a purse, or of money. [R.] Pollock.
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2. Taken from the purse; expended. [Obs.] Gower.
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Unqualify (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + quality.] To disqualify; to unfit. Swift.
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Unqualitied (?), a. [1st pref. un- + quality.] Deprived of the usual faculties. [Obs.] Shak.
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Unqueen (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + queen.] To divest of the rank or authority of queen. Shak.
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Unquestionable (?), a. 1. Not questionable; as, an unquestionable title.
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2. Not inviting questions or conversation. [R.] Shak.
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-- Unquestionably, adv.
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Unquestioned (?), a. 1. Not called in question; not doubted.
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2. Not interrogated; having no questions asked; not examined or examined into. Shak.
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She muttering prayers, as holy rites she meant,
Through the divided crowd unquestioned went. Dryden.
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3. Indisputable; not to be opposed or impugned.
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Their unquestioned pleasures must be served. B. Jonson.
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Unquick (?), a. Not quick. [R.] Daniel.
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Unquiet (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + quiet.] To disquiet. [Obs.] Ld. Herbert.
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Unquiet, a. [Pref. un- + quiet.] Not quiet; restless; uneasy; agitated; disturbed. -- Unquietly, adv. -- Unquietness, n.
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Unquietude (?), n. Uneasiness; inquietude.
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Unravel (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- (intensive) + ravel.]
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1. To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking.
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2. Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve; as, to unravel a plot.
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3. To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse. “Art shall be conjured for it, and nature all unraveled.” Dryden.
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Unravel, v. i. To become unraveled, in any sense.
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Unravelment (?), n. The act of unraveling, or the state of being unraveled.
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Unrazored (?), a. Not shaven. [R.] Milton.
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Unread (?), a. 1. Not read or perused; as, an unread book. Hooker.
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2. Not versed in literature; illiterate. Dryden.
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Unreadiness (?), n. The quality or state of being unready.
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Unready (?), a. 1. Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy. Dryden.
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Nor need the unready virgin strike her breast. Keble.
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2. Not dressed; undressed. [Obs.]
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Unready, v. t. [1st pref. un- + ready.] To undress. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
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Unreal (?), a. Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.
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Unreality (?), n. The quality or state of being unreal; want of reality.
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Unrealize (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + realize.] To make unreal; to idealize.
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His fancy . . . unrealizes everything at a touch. Lowell.
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Unreally, adv. In an unreal manner; ideally.
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Unreason (?), n. [Pref. un- not + reason.] Want of reason; unreasonableness; absurdity.
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Coloq. Abbot of Unreason . See Abbot of Misrule, under .
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Unreason, v. t. [1st pref. un- + reason.] To undo, disprove, or refute by reasoning. [Obs.]
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To unreason the equity of God's proceedings. South.
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Unreasonable (?), a. Not reasonable; irrational; immoderate; exorbitant. -- Unreasonableness, n. -- Unreasonably, adv.
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Unreasoned (?), a. Not supported by reason; unreasonable. “Unreasoned habits.” Burke.
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Unreave (?), v. t. [See .] To unwind; to disentangle; to loose. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Unreaved (?), a. [See not, and, for -reaved, cf. , and AS. reófan to break.] Not torn, split, or parted; not torn to pieces. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Unrebukable (?), a. Not deserving rebuke or censure; blameless. 1 Tim. vi. 14.
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Unrecuring (?), a. Incurable. [Obs.] “Some unrecuring wound.” Shak.
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Unredeemed (?), a. Not redeemed.
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Unreeve (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + reeve, v. t.] (Naut.) To withdraw, or take out, as a rope from a block, thimble, or the like.
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Unreformation (?), n. Want of reformation; state of being unreformed. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Unregeneracy (?), n. The quality or state of being unregenerate. Glanvill.
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{ Unregenerate (?), Unregenerated (?), } a. Not regenerated; not renewed in heart; remaining or being at enmity with God.
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Unregeneration (?), n. Unregeneracy.
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Unrein (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + rein.] To loosen the reins of; to remove restraint from. Addison.
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Unrelenting (?), a. Not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel. -- Unrelentingly, adv. -- Unrelentingness, n.
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Unreliable (?), a. Not reliable; untrustworthy. See . -- Unreliableness, n.
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Alcibiades . . . was too unsteady, and (according to Mr. Coleridge's coinage) “unreliable;” or perhaps, in more correct English, too “unrelyuponable.” De Quincey.
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Unreligious (?), a. Irreligious. Wordsworth.
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Unremembrance (?), n. Want of remembrance; forgetfulness. I. Watts.
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Unremitting (?), a. Not remitting; incessant; continued; persevering; as, unremitting exertions. Cowper. -- Unremittingly, adv. -- Unremittingness, n.
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Unremorseless (?), a. [Pref. un- not (intensive) + remorseless.] Utterly remorseless. [Obs. & R.] “Unremorseless death.” Cowley.
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Unrepentance (?), n. Impenitence. [R.]
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Unreprievable (?), a. Not capable of being reprieved. Shak.
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Unreproachable (?), a. Not liable to be reproached; irreproachable.
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Unreproved (?), a. 1. Not reproved. Sandys.
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2. Not having incurred reproof, blameless. [Obs.]
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In unreproved pleasures free. Milton.
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Unreputable (?), a. Disreputable.
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Unreserve (?), n. Absence of reverse; frankness; freedom of communication. T. Warton.
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Unreserved (?), a. Not reserved; not kept back; not withheld in part; unrestrained. -- Unreservedly (#), adv. -- Unreservedness, n.
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Unresistance (?), n. Nonresistance; passive submission; irresistance. Bp. Hall.
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Unresisted, a. 1. Not resisted; unopposed. Bentley.
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2. Resistless; as, unresisted fate. [R.] Pope.
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Unresistible (?), a. Irresistible. W. Temple.
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Unrespect (?), n. Disrespect. [Obs.] “Unrespect of her toil.” Bp. Hall.
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Unresponsible (?), a. Irresponsible. Fuller. -- Unresponsibleness, n.
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Unrest (?), n. Want of rest or repose; unquietness; sleeplessness; uneasiness; disquietude.
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Is this, quoth she, the cause of your unrest! Chaucer.
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Can calm despair and wild unrest
Be tenants of a single breast? Tennyson.
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Unrestraint (?), n. Freedom from restraint; freedom; liberty; license.
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Unresty (?), a. Causing unrest; disquieting; as, unresty sorrows. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Unrevenued (?), a. Not furnished with a revenue. [R.] Milton.
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Unreverence (?), n. Absence or lack of reverence; irreverence. [Obs.] Wyclif.
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Unreverend (?), a. 1. Not reverend.
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2. Disrespectful; irreverent. [Obs.] Shak.
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Unreverent (?), a. Irreverent. [R.] Shak.
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Unreverently, adv. Irreverently. [R.] B. Jonson.
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Unriddle (?), v. t. & i. [1st pref. un- + riddle.] To read the riddle of; to solve or explain; as, to unriddle an enigma or a mystery. Macaulay.
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And where you can't unriddle, learn to trust. Parnell.
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Unriddler (?), n. One who unriddles. Lovelace.
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Unrig (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + rig.] (Naut.) To strip of rigging; as, to unrig a ship. Totten.
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Unright (?), a. [AS. unriht. See not, and .] Not right; wrong. [Obs.] Gower.
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Unright, n. A wrong. [Obs.]
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Nor did I you never unright. Chaucer.
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Unright (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + right.] To cause (something right) to become wrong. [Obs.] Gower.
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Unrighteous (?), a. [OE. unrightwise, AS. unrihtwīs. See not, and .]
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1. Not righteous; evil; wicked; sinful; as, an unrighteous man.
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2. Contrary to law and equity; unjust; as, an unrighteous decree or sentence.
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-- Unrighteously, adv. -- Unrighteousness, n.
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Unrightwise (?), a. Unrighteous. [Obs.] Wyclif. -- Unrightwisely, adv. [Obs.]
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Unringed (?), a. Not having a ring, as in the nose. “Pigs unringed.” Hudibras.
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Unrioted (?), a. Free from rioting. [Obs.] “A chaste, unrioted house.” May (Lucan).
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Unrip (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- (intensive) + rip.] To rip; to cut open. Bacon.
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Unripe (?), a. 1. Not ripe; as, unripe fruit.
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2. Developing too early; premature. Sir P. Sidney.
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Unripeness, n. Quality or state of being unripe.
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Unrivaled (?), a. Having no rival; without a competitor; peerless. [Spelt also unrivalled.] Pope.
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Unrivet (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + rivet.] To take out, or loose, the rivets of; as, to unrivet boiler plates.
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Unrobe (?), v. t. & i. [1st pref. un- + robe.] To disrobe; to undress; to take off the robes.
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Unroll (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + roll.] [Written also unrol.]
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1. To open, as what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll cloth; to unroll a banner.
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2. To display; to reveal. Dryden.
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3. To remove from a roll or register, as a name.
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If I make not this cheat bring out another . . . let me be unrolled and my name put in the book of virtue! Shak.
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Un-Romanized (?), a. 1. Not subjected to Roman arms or customs. J. Whitaker.
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2. (Eccl.) Not subjected to the principles or usages of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Unroof (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + roof.] To strip off the roof or covering of, as a house. Shak.
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Unroofed (?), a. 1. [Properly p. p. of unroof.] Stripped of a roof, or similar covering.
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Broken carriages, dead horses, unroofed cottages, all indicated the movements. Sir W. Scott.
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2. [Pref. un- not + roofed.] Not yet roofed.
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Unroost (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + roost.] To drive from the roost. Shak.
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Unroot (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + root.] To tear up by the roots; to eradicate; to uproot.
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Unroot, v. i. To be torn up by the roots. Beau. & Fl.
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Unrude (?), a. [Pref. un- + rude. In sense 2 un- is intensive.]
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1. Not rude; polished. Herrick.
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2. Excessively rude. [Obs. & R.] “See how the unrude rascal backbites him.” B. Jonson.
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Unruffle (?), v. i. [1st pref. un- + ruffle.] To cease from being ruffled or agitated. Dryden.
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Unruffled (?), a. [Pref. un- not + ruffled.] Not ruffled or agitated; smooth; calm; tranquil; quiet.
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Calm and unruffled as a summer's sea. Addison.
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{ Unruinate (?), Unruinated (?), } a. Not ruined or destroyed. [Obs.] “Unruinated towers.” Bp. Hall.
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Unruled (?), a. 1. Not governed or controlled. “Unruled and undirected.” Spenser.
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2. Not ruled or marked with lines; as, unruled paper.
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Unruliment (?), n. Unruliness. [Obs.] “Breaking forth with rude unruliment.” Spenser.
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Unruliness, n. Quality or state unruly.
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Unruly (?), a. [Compar. Unrulier (�), superl. Unruliest.] [Pref. un- not + rule. Cf. .] Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct.
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But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. James iii. 8.
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Unrumple (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + rumple.] To free from rumples; to spread or lay even,
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Unsacrament (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + sacrament.] To deprive of sacramental character or efficacy; as, to unsacrament the rite of baptism. [Obs.]
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Unsad (?), a. [AS. unsæd unsated, insatiable. See not, and .] Unsteady; fickle. [Obs.]
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O, stormy people, unsad and ever untrue. Chaucer.
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Unsadden (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + sadden.] To relieve from sadness; to cheer. [R.] Whitlock.
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Unsaddle (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + saddle.]
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1. To strip of a saddle; to take the saddle from, as a horse.
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2. To throw from the saddle; to unhorse.
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Unsadness, n. [From .] Infirmity; weakness. [Obs.] Wyclif.
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Unsafety (?), n. The quality or state of being in peril; absence of safety; insecurity. Bacon.
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Unsaint (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + saint.] To deprive of saintship; to deny sanctity to. [R.] South.
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Unsaintly, a. Unbecoming to a saint. Gauden.
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Unsalable (?), a. Not salable; unmerchantable. -- n. That which can not be sold. Byron.
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Unsanctification (?), n. Absence or lack of sanctification. Shak.
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Unsatiability (?), n. Quality of being unsatiable; insatiability. [Obs.]
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Unsatiable (?), a. Insatiable. [Obs.] Hooker. -- Unsatiableness, n. [Obs.] -- Unsatiably, adv. [Obs.]
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Unsatiate (?), a. Insatiate. Dr. H. More.
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Unsatisfaction (?), n. Dissatisfaction. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Unsaturated (?), a. 1. Capable of absorbing or dissolving to a greater degree; as, an unsaturated solution.
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2. (Chem.) Capable of taking up, or of uniting with, certain other elements or compounds, without the elimination of any side product; thus, aldehyde, ethylene, and ammonia are unsaturated; benzene has three unsaturated bonds. The term is applied most commonly to compounds with a double or triple bond between two carbon atoms (as in ethylene).
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Unsaturation (?), n. The quality or state of being unsaturated.
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Unsay (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + say.] To recant or recall, as what has been said; to refract; to take back again; to make as if not said.
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You can say and unsay things at pleasure. Goldsmith.
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Unscale (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + scale.] To divest of scales; to remove scales from.
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[An eagle] purging and unscaling her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance. Milton.
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Unscapable (?), a. Not be escaped; inevitable. [Obs.] Wyclif.
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{ Unsceptered, Unsceptred } (?), a. 1. [Pref. un- not + sceptered.] Having no scepter.
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2. [1st pref. un- + scepter.] Deprived of a scepter.
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Unscience (?), n. Want of science or knowledge; ignorance. [Obs.]
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If that any wight ween a thing to be otherwise than it is, it is not only unscience, but it is deceivable opinion. Chaucer.
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Unscrew (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + screw.] To draw the screws from; to loose from screws; to loosen or withdraw (anything, as a screw) by turning it.
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Unscrupulous (?), a. Not scrupulous; unprincipled. -- Unscrupulously, adv. -- Unscrupulousness, n.
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Unscrutable (?), a. Inscrutable. [R.]
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Unscutcheoned (?), a. Destitute of an escutcheon. [R.] Pollock.
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Unseal (ŭnsēl), v. t. [1st pref. un- + seal.] 1. To break or remove the seal of; to open, as what is sealed; as, to unseal a letter.
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Unable to unseal his lips beyond the width of a quarter of an inch. Sir W. Scott.
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2. To disclose, as a secret. [Obs.] The Coronation.
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Unseam (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + seam.] To open the seam or seams of; to rip; to cut; to cut open. Shak.
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Unsearchable (?), a. Not searchable; inscrutable; hidden; mysterious.
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The counsels of God are to us unsearchable. Rogers.
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-- Unsearchableness, n. -- Unsearchably, adv.
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Unseason (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + season.]
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1. To make unseasoned; to deprive of seasoning.
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2. To strike unseasonably; to affect disagreeably or unfavorably. [Obs.]
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Why do I send this rustic madrigal,
That may thy tuneful ear unseason quite? Spenser.
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Unseasonable (?), a. Not seasonable; being, done, or occurring out of the proper season; ill-timed; untimely; too early or too late; as, he called at an unseasonable hour; unseasonable advice; unseasonable frosts; unseasonable food. -- Unseasonableness, n. -- Unseasonably, adv.
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Unseasoned (?), a. 1. Not seasoned.
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2. Untimely; ill-timed. [Obs.] Shak.
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Unseat (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + seat.]
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1. To throw from one's seat; to deprive of a seat. Cowper.
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2. Specifically, to deprive of the right to sit in a legislative body, as for fraud in election. Macaulay.
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