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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Un-ā'ble, a.p. 1434Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge, skill, or the like; impotent; weak in power, or poor in substance. “Sapless age, and weak, unable limbs.” Shak.
  2. Un-ā'bled, a.p. 1434Disabled; incapacitated. [Obs.] B. Jon.
  3. Un-ā'bled-ness, n.p. 1434The state or quality of being unabled; inability. [Obs.]
  4. Un-ā'ble-ness, n.p. 1434The state or quality of being unable; inability. [Obs.]
  5. Ŭn'ac-çĕpt'a-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 1434Unacceptableness.
  6. Ŭn'ac-çĕpt'a-ble, a.p. 1434Not acceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; offensive.
  7. Ŭn'ac-çĕpt'a-ble-ness, n.p. 1434The state of being unacceptable, or not pleasing. Collier.
  8. Ŭn'ac-çĕpt'a-bly, adv.p. 1434In an unacceptable, unwelcome, or unpleasing manner.
  9. Ŭn'ac-çĕs'si-ble, a.p. 1434Inaccessible. [Obs.]
  10. Ŭn'ac-çĕs'si-ble-ness, n.p. 1434The state of being unaccessible; inaccessibleness. [Obs.]
  11. Ŭn'ac-çĕs'si-bly, adv.p. 1434In an unaccessible manner.
  12. Ŭn'ac-cŏm'plished, a.p. 1434Not accomplished or performed; also, not refined or polished by culture.
  13. Un'ac-com'plish-ment, n.p. 1434The state of being unaccomplished, or not accomplished. [Obs.]
  14. Un-ae-count/a-bil'i-ty, n.p. 1434The state or quality of being unaccountable, inexplicable, or not to be accounted for.
  15. Un-ac-count'a-ble, a.p. 1434Not accountable or responsible. 2. Not to be accounted for; inexplicable; not to be solved; strange; mysterious.
  16. Ŭn'a-count'a-ble-ness, n.p. 1434The quality of being unaccountable; unaccountability.
  17. Ŭn'ac-count'a-bly, adv.p. 1434In an unaccountable manner; strangely.
  18. Un-ăc'cu-rate, a.p. 1434Inaccurate. [Obs.] Boyle.
  19. Un-ăc'cu-rate-ness, n.p. 1434The state or quality of being unaccurate or inaccurate; want of correctness.
  20. Ŭn'ac-quāint'ançe, n.p. 1434The quality of being unacquainted; want of acquaintance or familiarity; ignorance. The first organs which Gall excogitated, he placed in the region of the sinus, and it is manifest he was then in…
  21. Ŭn'a·e-quāint'ed, a.p. 1434Not acquainted. 2. Not usual; unfamiliar; unusual; strange. [Obs. and rare.] “And the unacquainted light began to fear.” Spenser.
  22. Ŭn'a-e-quāint'ed-ness, n.p. 1434The quality of not being acquainted. [Rare.]
  23. Un-ăct′ive, a.p. 1434Inactive. [Obs.] Fuller.
  24. Un-âct'ive, v. t.p. 1434To render inactive or incapable; to incapacitate. [Obs. and rare.] He was a man so buried in the speculations of school divinity, that it unactived him to be practical in persecution. Fuller.
  25. Un-ăct'ive-ness, n.p. 1434Inactivity. [Obs.]
  26. Un'ad-mis'si-ble or Un'ad-mit'ta-ble, a.p. 1434Inadmissible. [Rare.]
  27. Un'ad-vī'sa-ble, a.p. 1434Not advisable; not to be recommended; inexpedient; contrary to prudence or wisdom.
  28. Un'ad-vis'a-bly, adv.p. 1434In an unadvisable manner.
  29. Un’ad-vīsed’, a.p. 1434Not advised; not discreet. 2. Done without due consideration; imprudent; rash; inconsiderate; as, an unadvised measure or proceeding.
  30. Un’ad-vīs’ed-ly, adv.p. 1434In an unadvised manner; without due consideration; imprudently; indiscreetly; rashly.
  31. Un’ad-vi’sed-ness, n.p. 1434The quality of being unadvised; imprudence; rashness.
  32. Un'af-feared', a.p. 1434Not affeard or frightened; unterrified. [Obs.]
  33. Ŭn'af-fĕct'ed, a.p. 1434Not affected or moved; destitute of affection or emotion. A poor, cold, unspirited, unmannered, Unhonest, unaffected, undone fool. Beau. & Fl. 2. Not affected, artificial, or formal; plain; simple…
  34. Un'af-fĕct'ed-ly, adv.p. 1434In an unaffected manner; without affectation; really; without disguise; as, he was unaffectedly cheerful.
  35. Un'af-féct'ed-ness, n.p. 1434The state of being unaffected.
  36. Un'a-filed', a.p. 1434Not defiled; pure. [Obs.] Gower.
  37. Un'a-gree'a-ble, a.p. 1434Not agreeable or pleasing; disagreeable. 2. Not agreeable or consistent; unsuitable. [Obs.]
  38. Un'a-gree'a-ble-ness, n.p. 1434The state or quality of being unagreeable; disagreeableness; unsuitableness; inconsistency. [Obs.]
  39. Un'a-gree'a-bly, adv.p. 1434In an unagreeable manner; disagreeably. [Obs.]
  40. Un-āl'ien-a-ble, a.p. 1434Inalienable; as, unalienable rights. [Rare.] Swift.
  41. Un-āl'ien-a-bly, adv.p. 1434In an unalienable, or inalienable manner; in a manner that admits of no alienation; as, property unalienably vested.
  42. U′nal-ist, n.p. 1434(Eccl.) A clerk or clergyman who holds but one benefice;— opposed to pluralist.
  43. Un'al-loyed', a.p. 1434Not alloyed; not reduced by foreign admixture; hence, unmixed; pure; as, metals unalloyed. I enjoyed unalloyed satisfaction in his company. Mitford.
  44. Un-älmsed’, a.p. 1434Not having received alms. [Obs. and rare.] Pollok.
  45. Ŭn'am-bĭg'ū-ous, a.p. 1434Not ambiguous; not of doubtful meaning; plain; clear; certain.
  46. Ūn/am-bĭg'ū-ous-ly, adv.p. 1434In an unambiguous manner; clearly; explicitly.
  47. Un'am-big'u-ous-ness or Un-am'bi-gu'i-ty, n.p. 1434The state or quality of being unambiguous; clearness; explicitness; perspicuity.
  48. Un-ā'mi-a-ble, a.p. 1434Not amiable; not conciliating love; not adapted to gain affection; unlovely; repelling kind advances; ill-natured.
  49. Un-ā'mi-a-ble-ness, n.p. 1434The state or quality of being unamiable.
  50. Un-ănch'or, v. t.p. 1434To set free from the anchor, as a ship; to let go from the anchor.
  51. Ŭn'a-nēled', a.p. 1434Not having received extreme unction.
  52. U-năn'i-mate, a.p. 1434Unanimous. [Obs.]
  53. Ū/na-nim’i-ty, n.p. 1434The state or quality of being unanimous; agreement in opinion or determination.
  54. U-năn'i-mōŭs, a.p. 1434Of one mind; agreeing in opinion or determination; not discordant or dissentient; harmonious; as, the assembly was unanimous; the members of the council were unanimous. “Both in one faith unanimous.”…
  55. U-năn'i-mous-ly, adv.p. 1434In a unanimous manner; with entire agreement of minds.
  56. U-năn'i-mōŭs-ness, n.p. 1434The state or quality of being unanimous; unanimity.
  57. Un-ăn'swer-a-ble, a.p. 1434Not answerable; not admitting a satisfactory reply; not capable of refutation; as, an unanswerable argument.
  58. Un-ăn'swer-a-ble-ness, n.p. 1434The state of being unanswerable.
  59. Un-ân'swer-a-bly, adv.p. 1434In an unanswerable manner; in a manner not to be answered; beyond refutation.
  60. Ŭn-ap-pār'el, v. t.p. 1434To divest of apparel or clothing; to strip. [Obs.]