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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-päss'a-ble, a.p. 1448Not admitting persons to pass; impassable; as, unpassable roads, rivers, or mountains. [Rare.] 2. Not current; not received in common payments; as, unpassable notes or coins.
  2. Un-păs'sion-ate or Un-păs'sion-āt'ed, a.p. 1448Free from passion; dispassionate. [Obs.] Milton.
  3. Un-päs'sion-ate-ly, adv.p. 1448Dispassionately. [Obs.]
  4. Un-pās'tor, v. t.p. 1448To cause to be no longer pastor; to deprive of pastorship. [Rare.] Fuller.
  5. Un-päth'wayēd, a.p. 1448Having no path or pathway; pathless. [Rare.] “The smooth, unpathwayed plain.” Wordsworth.
  6. Un-pā'tience, n.p. 1448Want of patience; impatience. [Obs.] Udal.
  7. Un-pā'tient, a.p. 1448Impatient. [Obs.]
  8. Un-pät'terned, a.p. 1448Having no pattern or equal; unparalleled. Beau. & Fl.
  9. Un-pāved′, a.p. 1448Not paved; not furnished with a pavement. 2. Castrated; gelded. [Obs.] Shak.
  10. Un-pāy', v. t.p. 1448To undo, as villainy. Shak. 2. Not to pay, or compensate.
  11. Un-pēace', n.p. 1448The state of being not peaceful; — want of peace. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  12. Un-pĕd'i-greed, a.p. 1448Not distinguished by a pedigree. [Rare.] Pollok.
  13. Un-peer'a-ble or Un-peered', a.p. 1448Having no peer or equal; unequaled; unparalleled. "Un-peered excellence." Marston.
  14. Un-pĕg', v. t.p. 1448To loose from pegs; to open by removing a peg or pegs. 2. To pull out or remove the pegs from.
  15. Un-pĕn', v. t.p. 1448To let out or release from being penned up; to set free from a pen or confinement. “If a man unpens another’s water.” Blackstone.
  16. Un-pĕn'e-tra-ble, a.p. 1448Impenetrable. [Obs.]
  17. Un-pĕn'i-tent, a.p. 1448Impenitent. [Obs.]
  18. Un-pēo'ple, v. t.p. 1448To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate; to dispeople.
  19. Un-pér'e-gal, a.p. 1448Unequal. [Obs.]
  20. Un-për'fect, a.p. 1448Imperfect. [Obs.]
  21. Un-pĕr'fect or Ŭn/per-fēct', v. t.p. 1448To make imperfect or incomplete; to leave unfinished. [Obs.]
  22. Un-pĕr'fect-ly, adv.p. 1448Imperfectly. [Obs.]
  23. Un-për'fect-ness, n.p. 1448Want of perfectness; imperfectness; imperfection. [Obs.]
  24. Un-pĕr'ish-a-ble, a.p. 1448Imperishable. [Obs.]
  25. Un-për'ish-a-bly, adv.p. 1448Imperishably. [Obs.]
  26. Ŭn/per-plĕx', v. t.p. 1448To free from perplexity. [R.]
  27. Ŭn/per-vĕrt′, v. t.p. 1448To free from perversion; to deliver from being perverted. [Obs.] Sterne.
  28. Ŭn'phĭ-lŏs'ō-phīze, v. t.p. 1448To degrade from the character of a philosopher. [Rare.] Pope.
  29. Un-pin', v. t.p. 1448To loose from pins; to unfasten, as what is held together by pins; to remove the pins of; as, to unpin a frock; to unpin the frame of a building.
  30. Un-pin'ion, v. t.p. 1448To loose from pinions or manacles; to free from restraint.
  31. Ūn-pī'tous, a.p. 1448Not pious; impious; wicked. [Obs.]
  32. Un-plĭ'a-ble, a.p. 1448Implacable. [Obs.]
  33. Un-placed', a.p. 1448Having no office or employment under the government. 2. Undetermined as to place; as, unplaced kings, whose position in the series of Egyptian kings is undetermined. Gliddon.
  34. Un-plāid’, v. t.p. 1448To deprive of a plaid.
  35. Un-plĕas'ant, a.p. 1448Not pleasant; displeasing.
  36. Un-plēas'ant-ly, adv.p. 1448In an unpleasant manner; disagreeably.
  37. Un-plēas'ant-ness, n.p. 1448The state or quality of being unpleasant; disagreeableness.
  38. Un-plēas'ant-ry, n.p. 1448Want of pleasantry or sportive cheerfulness; want of pleasant, cheerful, or humorous character. [Rare.] Thackeray.
  39. Un-plēas'ive, a.p. 1448Unpleasing. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  40. Un-plīght', v. t.p. 1448To unfold; to lay open; to explain. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  41. Un-plūmb’, v. t.p. 1448To deprive or rob of lead, or of a leaden roof, coffin, or the like. [Rare.] Burke.
  42. Un-plūmbed', a.p. 1448Not measured by a plumb-line; unfathomed. “The unplumbed, salt, estranging sea.” M. Arnold.
  43. Un-plūme′, v. t.p. 1448To strip of plumes or feathers; to degrade.
  44. Un-poised', a.p. 1448Not poised; not balanced. 2. Not poised or weighed; hence, regardless of consequences; unhesitating. [Obs.] Marston.
  45. Un-poiʹson, v. t.p. 1448To remove or expel poison from. [Obs.] South.
  46. Un-pŏl'i-ciēd, a.p. 1448Not having civil polity, or a regular form of government.
  47. Ŭn'po-lite', a.p. 1448Rude; impolite. [Obs.]
  48. Ŭn-po-lite'ly, adv.p. 1448Impolitely. [Obs.]
  49. Ŭn’po-līte’ness, n.p. 1448The state or quality of being unpolite; want of refinement or courtesy; rudeness; incivility. [Obs.]
  50. Un-pŏl'i-tic, a.p. 1448Impolitic. [Obs. or rare.]
  51. Un-pōpe′, v. t.p. 1448To cause to cease to be a pope; to divest of the character or authority of a pope. 2. To deprive of a pope. [Obs.] Rome will never so far unpope herself as to part with her pretended supremacy.…
  52. Un-pŏp'ū-lar, a.p. 1448Not popular; not having the public favor; disliked by the people and community; disposing to public disfavor; as, an unpopular magistrate; an unpopular law.
  53. Un-pŏp′/ū-lār′/i-ty, n.p. 1448The state of being unpopular.
  54. Un-pŏp'ū-lar-ly, adv.p. 1448In an unpopular manner; not popularly.
  55. Un-pôr'tū-mate, a.p. 1448Importunate. [Obs.]
  56. Un-pōrt'ā-ōūs, a.p. 1448Having no ports. [Obs.] Burke.
  57. Un-pŏs'si-ble, a.p. 1448Impossible. [Obs.]
  58. Un-pow'er, n.p. 1448Want of power; weakness. [Obs. and rare.] Piers Plowman.
  59. Un-prăc'ti-ca-ble, a.p. 1448Impracticable. [Obs.]
  60. Un-prāise', v. t.p. 1448Not to praise; to withhold praise from; to deprive of praise. [Rare.] Young.