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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-sēarch'a-bly, adv.p. 1449In an unsearchable manner; in a manner so as not to be explored.
  2. Un-sēa'son, v. t.p. 1449To make unseasonable. 2. To strike unseasonably; to effect, or cause to effect, unfavorably; to make disagreeable. Why do I send this rustic madrigal, That may thy tuneful ear unseason quite? Spencer.
  3. Un-sea'son-a-ble, a.p. 1449Not seasonable; not in the proper season or time; ill-timed; untimely; as, he called at an unseasonable hour. 2. Beyond the usual time; late; as, he came home at an unseasonable time of night. 3. Not…
  4. Un-sēa'son-a-ble-ness, n.p. 1449Quality or state of being unseasonable, ill-timed, or out of the usual time
  5. Un-sēa'son-a-bly, adv.p. 1450In an unseasonable manner; not seasonably; not in due time, or not in the usual time.
  6. Un-sēat', v. t.p. 1450To throw from the seat; to deprive of a seat.
  7. Un-sēa'wor-thi-ness, n.p. 1450The state of being unseaworthy, or unable to sustain the ordinary violence of the sea in a tempest.
  8. Un-sēa'wor-thy, a.p. 1450Not fit for a voyage; not in a fit state, as to repairs, equipments, crew, and all respects, to encounter the ordinary perils of a sea-voyage; as, the ship is unseaworthy.
  9. Un-sĕc'ond-ed, a.p. 1450Not seconded; not supported; as, the motion was unseconded; the attempt was unseconded. 2. Not exemplified a second time. [Obs.]
  10. Un-sē'eret, v. t.p. 1450To disclose; to divulge. [Obs.]
  11. Un-sē'cret, a.p. 1450Not secret; not close; not trusty. [Obs.]
  12. Un-sēe'ū-lar-ize, v. t.p. 1450To cause to become not secular; to detach from secular things; to alienate from the world; to hallow.
  13. Īn'se-cūre', a.p. 1450Insecure. [Obs.]
  14. Un-seen', v. i.p. 1450Not to seem. [Obs.] Shak.
  15. Un-seem'li-ness, n.p. 1450The quality of being unseemly; uncomeliness; indecency; indecorum; impropriety.
  16. Un-seem'ly, a.p. 1450Not seemly; not fit or becoming; uncomely; unbecoming; indecent. My sons, let your unseemly discord cease. Dryden.
  17. Un-seem'ly, adv.p. 1450In an unseemly or unbecoming manner; indecently.
  18. Un-seen', a.p. 1450Not seen; not discovered; invisible; not discoverable; as, the unseen God. 2. Unskilled; inexperienced. [Obs.] Clarendon.
  19. Un-sĕl'dŏm, adv.p. 1450Not seldom; sometimes; frequently. [Rare.]
  20. Un-sē'ly, a.p. 1450Not blessed or happy; wretched. [Written also unsilly.] [Obs.]
  21. Un-sēm'i-nāred, a.p. 1450Deprived of virility, or seminal energy: made a eunuch. [Obs.] Shak.
  22. Un-sēn'sed', a.p. 1450Wanting a distinct meaning; without a certain signification. [Rare.] Puller.
  23. Un-sēn'si-ble, a.p. 1450Insensible. [Obs.]
  24. Un-sĕp'a-ra-ble, a.p. 1450Inseparable. [Obs.]
  25. Un-sēp'ul-chered or Un-sēp'ul-chered (-kerd), a.p. 1450Having no grave; unburied.
  26. Un-sēp'ul-tūred, a.p. 1450Unburied.
  27. Un-sĕt'tle, v. t.p. 1450To move or loosen from a fixed state; to unhinge; to make uncertain or fluctuating; to unfix; as, to unsettle doctrines and opinions.
  28. Un-sĕt'tle, v. i.p. 1450To become unfixed. Shak.
  29. Un-sĕt'tle-ment, n.p. 1450Unsettled state; irresolution. [Rare.] Barrow.
  30. Un-sēv'en, v. t.p. 1450To render other than seven; to make to be no longer seven. [Obs. and rare.] “To unseven the sacraments of the church of Rome.” Fuller.
  31. Un-sĕx', v. t.p. 1450To deprive of the sex; to make of the other sex. Is it for this the Spanish maid, aroused, Hangs on the willow her unstrung guitar, And, all unsexed, the anlace hath espoused, Sung the loud song, and…
  32. Un-shăck'le, v. t.p. 1450To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter; as, to unshackle the hands; to unshackle the mind.
  33. Un-shāk'a-ble, a.p. 1450Not to be shaken. [Obs.] Shak.
  34. Un-shāked', a.p. 1450Unshaken. [Obs.] Shak.
  35. Un-shāle', v. t.p. 1450To strip off husks from; to uncover; to expose. [Obs.] Shak. I will not unshale the jest before it be ripe. Marston.
  36. Un-shāpe', v. t.p. 1450To deprive of shape; to throw out of form or into disorder; to confound; to derange. [Rare.] Shak.
  37. Un-shāp'en, a.p. 1450Misshapen; deformed; ugly.
  38. Un-sheàthe', v. t.p. 1450To draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword; hence, to unsheathe the sword sometimes signifies to commence or make war.
  39. Un-shēll′, v. t.p. 1450To strip the shell from; to take out of the shell; to shell.
  40. Un-shĕlve', v. t.p. 1450To remove from a shelf.
  41. Un-ship’, v. t.p. 1450To take out of a ship or other water-craft; as, to unship goods. 2. To remove, as any part or implement, from the place in a ship or post where it is fixed or fitted; as, to unship an oar; to unship…
  42. Un-ship'ment, n.p. 1450The act of unshipping, or the state of being unshipped.
  43. Un-shirt'ed, a.p. 1450Not covered with a shirt.
  44. Un-shōt', v. t.p. 1450To remove the shot from, as a piece of ordnance; to take out the shot of.
  45. Un-shout', v. t.p. 1450To retract, as a shout. [Obs. and rare.] Shak.
  46. Un-shroud', v. t.p. 1450To remove the shroud from; to uncover.
  47. Un-shūt', v. t.p. 1450To open, or throw open. [Obs.]
  48. Un-sight' (-sīt'), a.p. 1450Without sight; not seeing or examining. [Colloq. and vulgar.] Unsight unseen, a vulgar phrase, denoting unseeing unseen, or unseen repeated; as, to buy a thing unsight unseen, that is, without seeing…
  49. Un-sight'a-ble, a.p. 1450Invisible. [Obs.]
  50. Un-sight'ed, a.p. 1450Invisible. [Obs.]
  51. Un-sight'li-ness, n.p. 1450The quality of being unsightly; ugliness.
  52. Un-sight'ly, a.p. 1450Not sightly; disagreeable to the eye; ugly; deformed. “Among the rest a small unsightly root.” Milton.
  53. Un'sig-nif'i-cant, a.p. 1450Insignificant. [Obs.]
  54. Un-sĭl'ly, a.p. 1450See UNSELY. [Obs.]
  55. Un-sĭn’, v. t.p. 1450To deprive, as a sin, of sinful character or quality; to cause to be no sin. [Obs.] When a sin is past, grief may lessen it, but not unsin it. Feltham.
  56. Ŭn'sin-cēre', a.p. 1450Insincere. [Obs.]
  57. Ŭn'sin-çēre'ness or Ŭn'sin-çĕr'i-ty, n.p. 1450Insincerity; cheat. [Obs.]
  58. Un-sĭn'ew, v. t.p. 1450To deprive of strength or of sinews. [Rare.] Dryden.
  59. Un-sĭst'ing, a.p. 1450Not opposing or resisting; unable to resist. [Obs.] Shak.
  60. Un-sĭt'ting, a.p. 1450Not sitting well; not becoming or suiting. [Obs.] “Unsitting words.” Sir T. Elyot.