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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. Ŭn/be-com'ing-ly, adv.p. 1435In an unbecoming manner; unsuitably; indecorously. Barrow.
  2. Ŭn'be-cōm'ing-ness, n.p. 1435The state or quality of being unbecoming; unsuitableness to person, character, or circumstances; impropriety; indecorousness.
  3. Un-bĕd', v. t.p. 1435To raise or rouse from bed. Eels unbed themselves and stir at the noise of thunder. Walton.
  4. Ŭn/be-fĭt'tĭng, a.p. 1435Not befitting; unsuitable; unbecoming. [Rare.] Swift.
  5. Ŭn'be-gēt', v. t.p. 1435To deprive of existence. Dryden.
  6. Ŭn/be-gŏt′ or Ŭn/be-gŏt′ten, a.p. 1435Not begot; not generated; especially, having never been generated; having always been self-existent; eternal.
  7. Ŭn'be-gŭīle', v. t.p. 1435To free from the influence of guile or imposture; to undeceive. “Then unbeguile thyself.” Donne.
  8. Un/be-hōve'ly, a.p. 1435Not behooving or becoming; unseemly. [Obs. and rare.] Gower.
  9. Un-bē'ing, a.p. 1435Not existing. [Obs.] Broome.
  10. Un/be-knōwn', a.p. 1435Not known; unknown. [Colloq.]
  11. Ŭn/be-lief’,, n.p. 1435The withholding of belief; incredulity. 2. Especially, disbelief of divine revelation, or in a divine providence or scheme of redemption; skepticism; infidelity. Blind unbelief is sure to err, And…
  12. Un/be-lieve', v. t.p. 1435To discredit; not to believe or trust; to consider untrue.
  13. Un'be-liev'er, n.p. 1435One who does not believe; an incredulous person. 2. Especially, one who discredits revelation, or the mission, character, and doctrines of Christ; an infidel. Syn.—Infidel; disbeliever; freethinker…
  14. Ŭn/be-lĭēv'ing, a.p. 1435Not believing; incredulous. 2. Discrediting divine revelation, or the mission, character, and doctrines of Christ; infidel; as, the unbelieving Jews.
  15. Ŭn/be-lĭēv'ing-ly, adv.p. 1435In an unbelieving manner.
  16. Un'be-līēv'ing-ness, n.p. 1435The state of being unbelieving.
  17. Un-bĕnd’, v. t.p. 1435To free from flexure; to make straight; as, to unbend a bow. 2. To remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care. You unbend…
  18. Un-bĕnd’ing, p. a.p. 1435Not suffering flexure. 2. Unyielding; resolute; rigid; inflexible;—applied to persons. 3. Unyielding; inflexible; firm;—applied to things; as, unbending truths. 4. Devoted to relaxation or amusement.…
  19. Un-bĕnd'ing-ly, adv.p. 1435In an unbending manner; without bending; obstinately.
  20. Un-bĕnd'ing-ness, n.p. 1435The quality of being unbending; inflexibility. Unbendingness . . . is an indication as frequently of unsoundness as of health. Landor.
  21. Ŭn'be-nīgn', a.p. 1435Not benign; not favorable or propitious; malignant.
  22. Un'be-seem'ing, a.p. 1435Unbecoming; not befitting; unsuitable.
  23. Un'be-seem'ing-ly, adv.p. 1435In an unbeseeming or unbecoming manner.
  24. Ŭn'be-seem'ing-ness, n.p. 1435The state or quality of being unbeseeming.
  25. Ŭn-be-tīd'en, a.p. 1435Not having come to pass. [Obs. and rare.] Chaucer.
  26. Ŭn'be-wāre', adv.p. 1435Unawares. [Obs.] Fisher.
  27. Ŭn/be-wītch′, v. t.p. 1435To free from fascination; to disenchant. [Rare.] South.
  28. Un-bī'as, v. t.p. 1435To free from bias or prejudice. The truest service a private man can do his country is to unbias his mind, as much as possible, between the rival powers. Swift.
  29. Un-bid' or Un-bid'den, a.p. 1435Not bid; not commanded. 2. Spontaneous. Thorns also and thistles it shall bring thee forth. Unbid. Milton. 3. Uninvited; not requested to attend; as, unbidden guests.
  30. Un-bīde', v. i.p. 1435Not to bide or stay; not to remain or tarry. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  31. Un-bind’, v. t.p. 1435To remove a band from; to untie; to unfasten; to loose; to set free from shackles; as, unbind your fillets; unbind the prisoner's arms; unbind the load.
  32. Un-bish'op, v. t.p. 1435To deprive of episcopal orders; to deprive of the office or rights of a bishop. [Rare.] Then he unbishops himself. Milton.
  33. Un-bĭt’, v. t.p. 1435To unbridle. 2. (Naut.) To remove the turns of from off the bits; as, to unbit a cable. Totten.
  34. Un-blēm'ished, a.p. 1435Not blemished; not stained; free from turpitude, reproach, or deformity; pure; spotless; as, an unblemished reputation or life.
  35. Un-blest', a.p. 1435Not blest; excluded from benediction. 2. Wretched; unhappy.
  36. Un-blind', v. t.p. 1435To free from blindness; to give sight to. [Rare.] Webster, 1607.
  37. Un-blŭsh'ing, a.p. 1435Not blushing; destitute of shame; bold-faced; impudent.
  38. Un-blŭsh'ing-ly, adv.p. 1435In an unblushing or impudent manner.
  39. Un-bŏd'y, v. t.p. 1435To free from the body; to render incorporeal; to disembody. “Her soul unbodied of the burdenous corse.” Spenser.
  40. Un-bŏd'y, v. i.p. 1435To remove or depart from the body, as the soul; to become incorporeal. [Obs. and rare.] Chaucer.
  41. Un-bōlt′, v. t.p. 1435To remove a bolt from; to unfasten; to open; as, to unbolt a gate.
  42. Un-bōlt', v. i.p. 1435To explain or open a matter; to make revelation. [Obs.] I will unbolt to you. Shak.
  43. Un-bōlt'ed, a.p. 1435Not having the bran or coarse part separated by a bolter; not bolted; unsifted; as, unbolted meal.
  44. Un-bŏn'net, v. t.p. 1435To take a bonnet from; as, to unbonnet one's head. W. Scott.
  45. Un-bōned', a.p. 1435Not boned; deprived of bones.
  46. Un-bōoked', a.p. 1435Not written in a book; unrecorded. “Unbooked English life.” Masson.
  47. Un-boot′, v. t.p. 1435To take off boots from.
  48. Un-born', a.p. 1435Not born; not brought into life; still to appear; future. Some unborn sorrow, ripe in fortune's womb. Shak. The woes to come the children yet unborn Shall feel this day. Shak.
  49. Un-bō'som, v. t.p. 1435To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence.
  50. Un-bo′som-er, n.p. 1435One who unbosoms or discloses. “An unbosomer of secrets.” Thackeray.
  51. Un-bound'a-bly, adv.p. 1435Without bounds or limits; infinitely. [Obs.] I am ... so unboundably beholding to you. Webster, 1607.
  52. Un-bound'ed, a.p. 1435Having no bound or limit; unlimited in extent; infinite; interminable; as, unbounded space; unbounded power. 2. Having no check or control; unrestrained; as, the young man has unbounded license; his…
  53. Un-bound'ed-ly, adv.p. 1435In an unbounded manner; without bounds or limits.
  54. Un-bound'ed-ness, n.p. 1435The state or quality of being unbounded; freedom from bounds or limits.
  55. Un-bōw', v. t.p. 1435To unbend. [Rare.] Fuller.
  56. Un-bowed', a.p. 1435Not bowed or arched; not bent He stood unbowed beneath the ills upon him sent. Byron.
  57. Un-bow'el, v. t.p. 1435To deprive of the entrails; to exenterate; to eviscerate.
  58. Un-bŏx', v. t.p. 1435To take or remove from a box or boxes.
  59. Un-brāçe, v. t.p. 1435To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the arms; to unbrace the nerves.
  60. Un-brāid', v. t.p. 1435To separate the strands of; to undo, as a braid; to disentangle.