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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. Ū’ni-vĕrs’a-lize, v. t.p. 1446To make universal; to generalize. Coleridge.
  2. Ū'ni-vĕrs'al-ly, adv.p. 1446In a universal manner; with extension to the whole; in a manner to comprehend all; without exception; as, God's laws are universally binding on his creatures.
  3. Ū/ni-vĕrs'al-ness, n.p. 1446The state or quality of being universal; universality. [Obs. or rare.] ☞ Universal and its derivatives are used in common discourse for general and its derivatives.
  4. Ū'ni-vĕrse, n.p. 1446All created things viewed as constituting one system or whole; the world; the τὸ πᾶν of the Greeks, and the mundus of the Latins. How may I Adore thee, Author of this universe And all this good to…
  5. Ū’ni-vĕr’si-ty, n.p. 1446The universe; the whole. [Obs.] More. 2. An association, society, guild, or corporation, especially one capable of having and acquiring property. [Obs.] The universities, or corporate bodies, at Rome…
  6. U-nĭv'o-ca-cy, n.p. 1446The quality or state of being univocal. [Rare.] Browne.
  7. U-niv'o-cal, a.p. 1446Having one meaning only. A univocal word is opposed to an equivocal, which has two or more significations. 2. Having unison of sound, as the octave in music, and its replicates. 3. Pursuing always…
  8. U-nĭv'o-cal, n.p. 1446(Aristotelian Logic.) 1. A generic term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces. 2. A word having but one meaning.
  9. U-nĭv'o-cal-ly, adv.p. 1446In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense. How is sin univocally distinguished into venial and mortal, if the venial be not sin? Hale. 2. In one tenor. [Rare.] Ray.
  10. U-niv'o-cā'tion, n.p. 1446Agreement of name and meaning. [Obs. or rare.] Whiston.
  11. Un-join', v. t.p. 1446To separate or disjoin. [Obs.]
  12. Un-joint', v. t.p. 1446To disjoint.
  13. Un-joint'ed, p. a.p. 1446Having no joint or articulation; as, an unjointed stem.
  14. Un-jūst', a.p. 1446Acting contrary to the standard of right established by the divine law; not animated or controlled by justice; as, an unjust man. 2. Contrary to justice and right; wrongful; as, an unjust sentence…
  15. Un-jüs'tice, n.p. 1446Want of justice; injustice. [Obs.]
  16. Un-júst'ly, adv.p. 1446In an unjust manner.
  17. Ŭn’kard, a.p. 1446Lonely; dreary; solitary. [Prov. Eng.]
  18. Unk'ed, a.p. 1446Odd; strange; ugly; old. [Prov. Eng.] 2. Lonely; dreary; unkard. [Prov. Eng.] Weston is sadly unked without you. Cowper.
  19. Un-kĕmmed', a.p. 1446
  20. Un-kĕmpt’p. 1446Not combed. [Obs. or humorous.] “With silver locks unkemmed about her face.” Sylvester. 2. Hence, unpolished; rough. [Obs.] “My rhymes be rugged and unkempt.” Spencer.
  21. Un-kĕn'nel, v. t.p. 1446To drive from a kennel or hole; as, to unkennel a fox. 2. To rouse from secrecy or retreat.
  22. Un-kĕnt', a.p. 1446Unknown. [Obs.] “A swain unk'ent.” Browne.
  23. Un-kēth’, a.p. 1446Uncouth. [Obs.] Holinshed.
  24. Unk'id, a.p. 1446See UNKED.
  25. Un-kīnd’, a.p. 1446Contrary to nature, or the law of kind; unnatural. [Obs.] It is all one to say unkind, As thing which done is again [against] kind; For it with kindé never stood A man to yield evil for good. Gower.…
  26. Un-kīnd'li-ness, n.p. 1446The quality of being unkindly; unkindness; unfavorableness.
  27. Un-kīnd'ly, a.p. 1446Not kind; unkind. 2. Unnatural; contrary to nature. “Unkindly crime.” Dryden. 3. Unfavorable; malignant; as, an unkindly fog.
  28. Un-kind'ly, adv.p. 1446In an unkindly manner; without affection; cruelly; as, to treat one unkindly. 2. In a manner contrary to nature; unnaturally. All works of nature, Abortive, monstrous, or unkindly mixed. Milton.
  29. Un-kind'ness, n.p. 1446The quality of being unkind; want of kindness; want of natural affection; disobliging treatment; disfavor.
  30. Un-kĭnd'red, a.p. 1446Not of the same kin. [Obs.] Rowe.
  31. Un-kĭng', v. t.p. 1446To cause to cease to be a king. [R.] Shall his condescension, therefore, unking him? South.
  32. Un-king'ship, n.p. 1446The quality or condition of being unkinged. [Obs.] Unkingship was proclaimed, and his majesty's statues thrown down. Evelyn.
  33. Un-kiss’, v. t.p. 1446To retract or take back, as a kiss; hence, in allusion to the ceremony of kissing the book in taking an oath, to retract, as an oath. [Obs.] Shak. Ford.
  34. Ŭnk'le, n.p. 1446An uncle. See UNCLE. [Obs.]
  35. Un-knit', v. t.p. 1446To separate, as threads that are knit; to open; to loose, as work that is knit or knotted.
  36. Un-knŏt', v. t.p. 1446To free from knots; to untie.
  37. Un-knōw', v. t.p. 1446To cease to know. 2. To fail of knowing; to be ignorant of.
  38. Un-knōwl'edged, a.p. 1446Not acknowledged or recognized. [Obs.] For which bounty to us lent Of him unknowledge[d] or unsent. B. Jonson.
  39. Un-knōwn'ness, n.p. 1446The state or condition of being unknown. Camden.
  40. Un-lāçe', v. t.p. 1446To loose from lacing or fastening by a cord or strings passed through loops and holes; as, to unlace a helmet or a garment. 2. To loose the dress of. 3. To divest of ornaments. [Rare.] Shak. 4.…
  41. Un-lāck'eyed, a.p. 1446Unattended by a lackey.
  42. Un-lāde', v. t.p. 1446To unload; to take out the cargo of; as, to unlade a ship. 2. To unload; to remove, as a load or burden; to discharge. There the ship was to unlade her burden. Acts xxi. 3.
  43. Un'lage, n.p. 1446An unjust law. [Obs.] Burrill.
  44. Un-lāid’, a.p. 1446Not laid or placed; not fixed. Hooker. 2. Not allayed; not pacified; not suppressed. “Stubborn, unlaid ghost.” Milton. 3. Not laid out, as a corpse. B. Jonson.
  45. Un-lāp', v. t.p. 1446To unfold. [Obs.] Wycliffe.
  46. Un-lāsh′, v. t.p. 1446(Naut.) To loose, as that which is lashed or tied down.
  47. Un-lătch', v. t.p. 1446To open or loose by lifting the latch.
  48. Un-law', v. t.p. 1446To deprive of the authority of law. [Obs.] Milton.
  49. Un-law'ful, a.p. 1446Not lawful; contrary to law; illegal; not permitted by law. Unlawful assembly (Law), a tumultuous meeting of great numbers of people, without lawful object, under circumstances to inspire terror and…
  50. Un-law'ful-ly, adv.p. 1446In an unlawful manner; in violation of law or right; illegally.
  51. Un-law'ful-ness, n.p. 1446The state or quality of being unlawful; contrariety to law; illegality.
  52. Un-lāy', v. t.p. 1446(Naut.) To untwist; as, to unlay the strands of a rope. Simmonds.
  53. Un-lēarn', v. t.p. 1446To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; to learn the contrary of. I had learned nothing right; I had to unlearn every thing. Milner.
  54. Un-lēarn'ed, a.p. 1446Not learned; ignorant; illiterate; not instructed. 2. Not gained by study; not known. 3. Not suitable to a learned man; as, unlearned verses.
  55. Un-lēarn'ed-ly, adv.p. 1446In an unlearned manner; ignorantly.
  56. Un-lēarn'ed-ness, n.p. 1446The state of being unlearned; want of learning; illiterateness.
  57. Un-lēash’, v. t.p. 1446To free from a leash, or as from a leash; to let go.
  58. Un-lēis'ured, a.p. 1446Not having leisure. [Obs. and rare.] Milton.
  59. Un-lēis'ured-ness, n.p. 1446The state of being un-leisured; continuous labor. [Obs.]
  60. Un-lĕss', conj.p. 1446Except, that is, remove or dismiss the fact or thing stated in the sentence or clause which follows; if not; supposing that not; excluding the case that; as, we can not thrive unless we are…