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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Un-cēas'ing, a. p. 1436Not ceasing; not intermitting; continuing indefinitely or infinitely; perpetual; continual.Un-cēas'ing-ly, adv. p. 1436In an unceasing manner; without intermission or cessation; continually.Un-cēr'e-mō'ni-oŭs, a. p. 1436Not ceremonious; informal; familiar.Un-cēr'e-mō'ni-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 1436In an unceremonious manner; without ceremony or form; informally.Un-cēr'tain, a. p. 1436Not certain; not positively known; questionable; equivocal; doubtful. “The fashion of uncertain evils.” Milton. 2. Not to be depended upon; unreliable; insecure. The fruit of all the glory which he…Un-cēr'tain, v. t. p. 1436To make or cause to be uncertain. [Obs.] Raleigh.Un-cēr'tain-ly, adv. p. 1436In an uncertain manner; not certainly; not surely; not confidently; doubtfully. “Standards that can not be known at all, or but imperfectly and uncertainly.” Locke.Un-cēr'tain-ty, n. p. 1436The quality or state of being uncertain; doubtfulness; dubiousness; as, the latest accounts have not removed the uncertainty. 2. Contingency. “Steadfastly grasping the greatest and most slippery…Un-cĕs'sant, a. p. 1436Incessant. [Obs.]Un-cĕs'sant-ly, adv. p. 1436Incessantly. [Obs.]Un-chāin', v. t. p. 1436To free from chains, confinement, or slavery.Un-chàrge', v. t. p. 1436To free from a charge or load; to unload. 2. To free from an accusation; to acquit. 3. To remove, as a charge; to retract.Un-châr'i-ot, v. t. p. 1436To deprive or throw out of a chariot.Un-chăr'i-ta-ble, a. p. 1436Not charitable; contrary to charity; severe in judging; harsh; censorious; as, uncharitable opinions or zeal.Un-chăr'i-ta-ble-ness, n. p. 1436The quality of being uncharitable; want of charity; censoriousness.Un-chăr'i-ta-bly, adv. p. 1436In an uncharitable manner; in a manner contrary to charity.Un-chăr'i-ty, n. p. 1436Want of charity; uncharitableness; severity of judgment. [Obs.] “’Twere much uncharity in you.” Webster, 1623.Un-chärm', v. t. p. 1436To release from some charm, fascination, or secret power.Un-chär'nel, v. t. p. 1436To remove from a charnel-house or tomb; to disinter.Un-chärt'ed, a. p. 1436Not described or drawn on a chart.Un-chāste', a. p. 1436Not chaste; not continent; not pure; libidinous; lewd.Un-châste'ly, adv. p. 1436In an unchaste manner; incontinently; lewdly.Un-châs'ti-ty, n. p. 1436The state or quality of being unchaste; want of chastity; unlawful indulgence of the sexual appetite; lewdness.Un-cheer'ful-ness, n. p. 1436Want of cheerfulness; sadness. [Rare.] Spectator.Un-chîld', v. t. p. 1436To bereave of children; to make childless. [Obs.] Shak. 2. To make unlike a child; to divest of the characteristics of a child.Un-chris'ten, v. t. p. 1436To render unchristian; to deprive of sanctity. [Obs. and rare.] “Hath, as it were, unhallowed and unchristened the very duty of prayer itself.” Milton.Un-chris'tian, a. p. 1436Not Christian; not converted to the Christian faith; infidel. 2. Contrary to Christianity; unbecoming a Christian; as, an unchristian reflection; unchristian temper or conduct.Un-chris'tian, v. t. p. 1436To deprive of the qualities of Christianity; to make unchristian. [Obs.] South.Un-chris'tian-ize, v. t. p. 1436To turn from the Christian faith; to cause to degenerate from the belief and profession of Christianity.Un-chris'tian-ly, a. p. 1436Not like or becoming a Christian; unchristian. [Obs.] Milton.Un-chris'tian-ly, adv. p. 1436In an unchristian manner; in a manner contrary to Christian principles. Bedell.Un-chris'tian-ness, n. p. 1436The state or quality of being unchristian; contrariety to Christianity. [Obs.] K. Charles.Un-church', v. t. p. 1436To expel from a church; to deprive of the character and rights of a church.Ŭn'ci-a, n. p. 1436(Rom. Antiq.) A twelfth part, as of the Roman as. 2. (Alg.) A numerical co-efficient in any particular case of the binomial theorem. [Obs.] That admirable invention of Mr. Newton, whereby he…Ŭn'cial, a. p. 1436Of, pertaining to, or denoting, a species of character of a large size, compounded between the capital and smaller characters, some of the letters resembling the former, and others the latter. It is…Ŭn'cial, n. p. 1436An uncial letter.Ūn'ci-ā'tim, adv. p. 1436Ounce by ounce.Ŭn'ci-fōrm, a. p. 1436Having a curved or hooked form.Unciform bone p. 1436one of the bones of the carpus; — so called from its being somewhat hook-shaped.Ŭn’ci-nate, a. p. 1436(Bot.) Hooked at the end; furnished with hooked spines.Un-ci'pher, v. t. p. 1436To decipher. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.Un-cîr'cum-cîs'ion, n. p. 1436Absence or want of circumcision. 2. Those who are not circumcised. Rom. iv. 9.Un-cîr'cum-stân'tial, a. p. 1436Not circumstantial; not entering into minute particulars. 2. Not important; of little moment. [Obs.]Un-civ'il, a. p. 1436Not civil or civilized. Men can not enjoy the rights of an uncivil and civil state together. Burke. 2. Not civil; not complaisant; not courteous; impolite; rude; as, uncivil behavior.…Ŭn/ci-vĭl’i-ty, n. p. 1436Incivility. [Obs.]Un-civ'il-i-zā'tion, n. p. 1436The state of being uncivilized; a state of savageness; rude state.Un-civ'il-ized, a. p. 1436Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life; rude; barbarous; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of Central Africa. 2. Not civil; coarse; indecent. [Rare.] Addison.Un-civ'il-ly, adv. p. 1436In an uncivil manner; uncourteously; rudely.Un-clăsp′, v. t. p. 1436To loose the clasp of; to open, as what is fastened with a clasp; as, to unclasp a book.Ŭn'cle, n. p. 1436The brother of one's father or mother. My uncle, a pawnbroker. — Uncle-in-law, the brother of a wife's or a husband's father.Un-clēan', a. p. 1436Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy. 2. (Jewish Law.) Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing. He that toucheth the dead body of a man shall be unclean seven days. Num. xix. 11. 3. Morally impure…Un-clēan'a-ble, a. p. 1436Incapable of being cleaned.Un-clēan'ness, n. p. 1436The state or quality of being unclean; foulness; dirtiness; filthiness. Be not troublesome to thyself or to others by uncleanness. Taylor. 2. (Jewish Law.) Want of ritual or ceremonial purity. 3.…Un-clénch', v. t. p. 1436The same as UNCLINCH.Un-clew', v. t. p. 1436To undo; to unwind, unfold, or untie.Un-clinch', v. t. p. 1436To cause to be no longer clinched; to open, as the closed hand; as, to unclinch the fist.Un-clōak′, v. t. & i. p. 1436To remove a cloak or cover from; to take off a cloak or cover.Un-clŏg′, v. t. p. 1436To disencumber of a clog, or of difficulties and obstructions; to free from encumbrances, or any thing that retards motion.Un-cloister, v. t. p. 1436To release from a cloister, or from confinement; to set at liberty.Un-clōse′, v. t. p. 1436To open; to break the seal of; as, to unclose a letter. 2. To disclose; to lay open.