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Unseconded (?), a. 1. Not seconded; not supported, aided, or assisted; as, the motion was unseconded; the attempt was unseconded.
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2. Not exemplified a second time. [Obs.] “Strange and unseconded shapes of worms.” Sir T. Browne.
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Unsecret (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + secret.] To disclose; to divulge. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Unsecret, a. [Pref. un- not + secret.] Not secret; not close; not trusty; indiscreet. [Obs.] “We are unsecret to ourselves.” Shak.
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Unsecularize (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + secularize.] To cause to become not secular; to detach from secular things; to alienate from the world.
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Unsecure (?), a. Insecure. [R.] Milton.
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Unseel (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + seel.] To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been seeled; hence, to give light to; to enlighten. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Unseem (?), v. i. [1st pref. un- + seem.] Not to seem. [Obs.] Shak.
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Unseeming, a. Unbeseeming; not fit or becoming.
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Unseemliness (?), n. The quality or state of being unseemly; unbecomingness. Udall.
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Unseemly, a. Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent.
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An unseemly outbreak of temper. Hawthorne.
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Unseemly, adv. In an unseemly manner.
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Unseen (?), a. 1. Not seen or discovered.
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2. Unskilled; inexperienced. [Obs.] Clarendon.
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Unseldom (?), adv. Not seldom; frequently. [R.]
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Unsely (?), a. [AS. uns�lig. See not, and .] Not blessed or happy; wretched; unfortunate. [Written also unsilly.] [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Unseliness, n. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Unseminared (?), a. [See 1st , and .] Deprived of virility, or seminal energy; made a eunuch. [Obs.]
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Unsensed (?), a. Wanting a distinct meaning; having no certain signification. [R.] Puller.
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Unsensible (?), a. Insensible. [Obs.]
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Unsensualize (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + sensualize.] To elevate from the domain of the senses; to purify. Coleridge.
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Unseparable (?), a. Inseparable. [Obs.] “In love unseparable.” Shak.
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Unservice (?), n. Neglect of duty; idleness; indolence. [Obs.] Massinger.
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Unset (?), a. Not set; not fixed or appointed.
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Unsettle (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + settle.] To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.
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Unsettle, v. i. To become unsettled or unfixed; to be disordered. Shak.
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Unsettledness (?), n. The quality or state of being unsettled.
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Unsettlement (?), n. The act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled; disturbance. J. H. Newman.
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Unseven (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + seven.] To render other than seven; to make to be no longer seven. [Obs. & R.] “To unseven the sacraments of the church of Rome.” Fuller.
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Unsew (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + sew.] To undo, as something sewn, or something inclosed by sewing; to rip apart; to take out the stitches of.
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Unsex (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Unsexed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Unsexing.] [1st pref. un- + sex.] To deprive of sex, or of qualities becoming to one's sex; esp., to make unfeminine in character, manners, duties, or the like; as, to unsex a woman.
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Unsexual (?), a. Not sexual; not proper or peculiar to one of the sexes. De Quincey.
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Unshackle (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + shackle.] To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter. Addison.
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Unshakable (?), a. Not capable of being shaken; firm; fixed. Shak. J. S. Mill.
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Unshaked (?), a. Unshaken. [Obs.] Shak.
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Unshale (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + shale.] To strip the shale, or husk, from; to uncover. [Obs.]
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I will not unshale the jest before it be ripe. Marston.
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Unshape (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + shape.] To deprive of shape, or of proper shape; to disorder; to confound; to derange. [R.] Shak.
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{ Unshaped (?), Unshapen (?), } a. [Pref. un- not + shaped, shapen.] Not shaped; shapeless; misshapen; deformed; ugly.
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Unsheathe (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + sheath.] To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword.
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Coloq. To unsheathe the sword , to make war.
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Unshed (?), a. 1. Not parted or divided, as the hair. [Obs.] Spenser.
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2. Not spilt, or made to flow, as blood or tears. Milton.
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Unshell (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + shell.] To strip the shell from; to take out of the shell; to hatch.
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Unshelve (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + shelve.] To remove from, or as from, a shelf.
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Unshent (?), a. Not shent; not disgraced; blameless. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Unsheriff (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + sheriff.] To depose from the office of sheriff. [R.]
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Unshet (?), v. t. To unshut. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Unshiftable (?), a. 1. That may �ot be shifted.
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2. Shiftless; helpless. [Obs.]
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Unship (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + ship.]
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1. To take out of a ship or vessel; as, to unship goods.
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2. (Naut.) To remove or detach, as any part or implement, from its proper position or connection when in use; as, to unship an oar; to unship capstan bars; to unship the tiller.
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Unshipment (?), n. The act of unshipping, or the state of being unshipped; displacement.
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Unshot (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + shot.] To remove the shot from, as from a shotted gun; to unload.
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Unshot, a. [Pref. un- + shot.] Not hit by a shot; also, not discharged or fired off.
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Unshout (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + shout.] To recall what is done by shouting. [Obs.] Shak.
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Unshroud (�), v. t. [1st pref. un- + shroud.] To remove the shroud from; to uncover. P. Fletcher.
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Unshrubbed (?), a. Being without shrubs.
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Unshut (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + shut.] To open, or throw open. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Unshutter (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + shutter.] To open or remove the shutters of. T. Hughes.
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Unsight (?), a. Doing or done without sight; not seeing or examining. [Colloq.]
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Coloq. Unsight unseen , a colloquial phrase, denoting unseeing unseen, or unseen repeated; as, to buy a thing unsight unseen, that is, without seeing it.
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For to subscribe, unsight, unseen,
To a new church discipline. Hudibras.
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There was a great confluence of chapmen, that resorted from every part, with a design to purchase, which they were to do “unsight unseen.” Spectator.
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Unsightable (?), a. Invisible. [Obs.]
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Unsighted, a. 1. Not sighted, or seen. Suckling.
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2. (Gun.) Not aimed by means of a sight; also, not furnished with a sight, or with a properly adjusted sight; as, to shoot and unsighted rife or cannon.
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Unsignificant (?), a. Insignificant. [Obs.] Holland.
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Unsilly (?), a. See . [Obs.]
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Unsimplicity (?), n. Absence of simplicity; artfulness. C. Kingsley.
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Unsin (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + sin.] To deprive of sinfulness, as a sin; to make sinless. [Obs.] Feltham.
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Unsincere (?), a. Not sincere or pure; insincere. [Obs.] Dryden. -- Unsincereness, n. [Obs.]
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Unsincerity (?), n. The quality or state of being unsincere or impure; insincerity. [Obs.] Boyle.
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Unsinew (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + sinew.] To deprive of sinews or of strength. [R.] Dryden.
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Unsister (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + sister.] To separate, as sisters; to disjoin. [Poetic & R.] Tennyson.
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Unsisterly, a. Not sisterly. Richardson.
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Unsisting (?), a. Unresisting. [Obs.] “The unsisting postern.” Shak.
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Unsitting (?), a. Not sitting well; unbecoming. [Obs.] “Unsitting words.” Sir T. More.
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Unskill (?), n. Want of skill; ignorance; unskillfulness. [Obs.] Sylvester.
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Unskillful (?), a. [Spelt also unskilful.]
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1. Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician.
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2. Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant.
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Though it make the unskillful laugh, can not but make the judicious grieve. Shak.
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-- Unskillfully, adv. -- Unskillfulness, n.
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Unslacked (?), a. Not slacked; unslaked; as, unslacked lime.
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Unslaked (?), a. Not slaked; unslacked; as, an unslaked thirst; unslaked lime.
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Unsling (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + sling.] (Naut.) To take off the slings of, as a yard, a cask, or the like; to release from the slings. Totten.
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Unsluice (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + sluice.] To sluice; to open the sluice or sluices of; to let flow; to discharge. Dryden.
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Unsociability (?), n. The quality or state of being unsociable; unsociableness.
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Unsociable (?), a. Not sociable; not inclined to society; averse to companionship or conversation; solitary; reserved; as, an unsociable person or temper. -- Unsociableness, n. -- Unsociably, adv.
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Unsocket (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + socket.] To loose or take from a socket.
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Unsoft (?; 115), a. Not soft; hard; coarse; rough. [Obs.] “Bristles of his beard unsoft.” Chaucer.
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Unsoft, adv. [AS. uns�fte. See not, and .] Not softly. [Obs.]
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Great climbers fall unsoft. Spenser.
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Unsolder (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + solder.] To separate or disunite, as what has been soldered; hence, to divide; to sunder. [Formerly written also unsoder.] Tennyson.
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Unsoldiered (?; 106), a. Not equipped like a soldier; unsoldierlike. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.
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Unsolemnize (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + solemnize.] To divest of solemnity.
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Unsonable (?), a. [Pref. un- + L. sonabilis sounding, from sonare to sound.] Incapable of being sounded. [Obs.]
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Unsonsy (?), a. [See not, and .] Not soncy (sonsy); not fortunate. [Scot.]
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Unsoot (?), a. [AS. unsw�te. See not, and .] Not sweet. [Obs.] Spenser.
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{ Unsophisticate (?), Unsophisticated (?), } a. Not sophisticated; pure; innocent; genuine.
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-- Unsophisticatedness, n.
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Unsorrowed (?), a. Not sorrowed for; unlamented. Beau. & Fl.
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Unsorted (?), a. 1. Not sorted; not classified; as, a lot of unsorted goods.
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2. Not well selected; ill-chosen.
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The purpose you undertake is dangerous; the friends you named uncertain; the time itself unsorted. Shak.
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Unsoul (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + soul.] To deprive of soul, spirit, or principle. [R.] Shelton.
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Unsound (?), a. Not sound; not whole; not solid; defective; infirm; diseased.
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-- Unsoundly, adv. -- Unsoundness, n.
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Unspar (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + spar.] To take the spars, stakes, or bars from. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
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Unsparing (?), a. [Pref. un- not + sparing, p. pr. of spare.]
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1. Not sparing; not parsimonious; liberal; profuse. Burke.
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2. Not merciful or forgiving. [R.] Milton.
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-- Unsparingly (#), adv. -- Unsparingness, n.
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Unspeak (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + speak.] To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay. [R.] Shak.
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Unspeakable (?), a. [Pref. un- not + speakable.] Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as, unspeakable grief or rage. -- Unspeakably, adv.
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Ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. 1 Pet. i. 8.
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Unspecialized (?), a. Not specialized; specifically (Biol.), not adapted, or set apart, for any particular purpose or function; as, an unspecialized unicellular organism. W. K. Brooks.
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Unsped (?), a. Not performed; not dispatched. [Obs.] Garth.
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Unspell (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + spell.] To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to disenchant. [R.]
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Such practices as these, . . .
The more judicious Israelites unspelled. Dryden.
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Unsphere (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + sphere.] To remove, as a planet, from its sphere or orb. Shak.
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Unspike (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + spike.] To remove a spike from, as from the vent of a cannon.
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Unspilt (?), a. Not spilt or wasted; not shed.
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Unspin (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + spin.] To untwist, as something spun.
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Unspirit (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + spirit.] To dispirit. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.
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Unspiritalize (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + spiritualize.] To deprive of spiritually. South.
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Unspleened (?), a. [1st pref. un- + spleen.] Deprived of a spleen.
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Unspotted (?), a. Not spotted; free from spot or stain; especially, free from moral stain; unblemished; immaculate; as, an unspotted reputation. -- Unspottedness, n.
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Unsquire (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + squire.] To divest of the title or privilege of an esquire. Swift.
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Unstable (?), a. [Cf. .] Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow. -- Unstableness, n. Chaucer.
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Coloq. Unstable equilibrium . See Stable equilibrium, under .
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Unstack (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + stack.] To remove, or take away, from a stack; to remove, as something constituting a stack.
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Unstarch (?), v. t. [Pref. un- + starch.] To free from starch; to make limp or pliable.
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Unstate (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + state.] To deprive of state or dignity. [R.]
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High-battled Cæsar will unstate his happiness. Shak.
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Unsteel (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + steel.] To disarm; to soften. Richardson.
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Unstep (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + step.] (Naut.) To remove, as a mast, from its step.
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Unstick (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + stick.] To release, as one thing stuck to another. Richardson.
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Unstill (?), a. [AS. unstille. See not, and , a.] Not still; restless. [R.]
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Unsting (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + sting.] To disarm of a sting; to remove the sting of. [R.] “Elegant dissertations on virtue and vice . . . will not unsting calamity.” J. M. Mason.
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Unstitch (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + stitch.] To open by picking out stitches; to take out, or undo, the stitches of; as, to unstitch a seam. Collier.
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Unstock (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + stock.]
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1. To deprive of a stock; to remove the stock from; to loose from that which fixes, or holds fast.
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2. To remove from the stocks, as a ship.
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Unstockinged (?), a. 1. [Pref. un- not + stocking.] Destitute of stockings. Sir W. Scott.
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2. [1st pref. un- + stocking.] Deprived of stockings.
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Unstop (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + stop.]
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1. To take the stopple or stopper from; as, to unstop a bottle or a cask.
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2. To free from any obstruction; to open.
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Unstrain (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + strain.] To relieve from a strain; to relax. B. Jonson.
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Unstrained (?), a. [Pref. un- not + strain.] 1. Not strained; not cleared or purified by straining; as, unstrained oil or milk.
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2. Not forced; easy; natural; as, a unstrained deduction or inference. Hakewill.
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Unstratified (?), a. (Geol.) Not stratified; -- applied to massive rocks, as granite, porphyry, etc., and also to deposits of loose material, as the glacial till, which occur in masses without layers or strata.
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Unstrength (?), n. Want of strength; weakness; feebleness. [Obs.] Wyclif.
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Unstriated (?), a. (Nat. Hist.) Nonstriated; unstriped.
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Unstring (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + string.]
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1. To deprive of a string or strings; also, to take from a string; as, to unstring beads.
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2. To loosen the string or strings of; as, to unstring a harp or a bow.
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3. To relax the tension of; to loosen. “His garland they unstring.” Dryden. Used also figuratively; as, his nerves were unstrung by fear.
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Unstriped (?), a. 1. Not striped.
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2. (Nat. Hist.) Without marks or striations; nonstriated; as, unstriped muscle fibers.
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Unstudied (?), a. 1. Not studied; not acquired by study; unlabored; natural.
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2. Not skilled; unversed; -- followed by in.
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3. Not spent in study. [Obs.] “To cloak the defects of their unstudied years.” Milton.
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