UNDERSTOCKUn`der*stock", v. t.
Defn: To supply insufficiently with stock. A. Smith.
UNDERSTOODUn`der*stood",
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Understand.
UNDERSTRAPPERUn"der*strap`per, n.
Defn: A petty fellow; an inferior agent; an underling. This was going to the fountain head at once, not applying to the understrappers. Goldsmith.
UNDERSTRAPPINGUn"der*strap`ping, a.
Defn: Becoming an understrapper; subservient. [R.] Sterne.
UNDERSTRATUMUn"der*stra`tum, n.; pl. L. Understrata (, E. Understratums (.
Defn: The layer, or stratum, of earth on which the mold, or soil, rests; subsoil.
UNDERSTROKEUn`der*stroke", v. t.
Defn: To underline or underscore. Swift.
UNDERSTUDYUn"der*stud`y, v. t. & i. (Theater)
Defn: To study, as another actor's part, in order to be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor's part.
UNDERSTUDYUn"der*stud`y, n.
Defn: One who studies another's part with a view to assuming it in an emergency.
UNDERSUITUn"der*suit`, n.
Defn: A suit worn under another suit; a suit of underclothes.
UNDERTAKABLEUn`der*tak"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being undertaken; practicable.
UNDERTAKE Un`der*take", v. t. [imp. Undertook; p. p. Undertaken; p. pr. & vb. n. Undertaking.] Etym: [Under + take.]
1. To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt. To second, or oppose, or undertake The perilous attempt. Milton.
2. Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract. I 'll undertake to land them on our coast. Shak.
3. Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm.And he was not right fat, I undertake. Dryden.And those two counties I will undertake Your grace shall well andquietly enjoiy. Shak.I dare undertake they will not lose their labor. Woodward.
4. To assume, as a character. [Obs.] Shak.
5. To engage with; to attack. [Obs.] It is not fit your lordship should undertake every companion that you give offense to. Shak.
6. To have knowledge of; to hear. [Obs.] Spenser.
7. To take or have the charge of. [Obs.] "Who undertakes you to your end." Shak. Keep well those that ye undertake. Chaucer.
UNDERTAKEUn`der*take", v. i.
1. To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province. O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. Isa. xxxviii. 14.
2. To venture; to hazard. [Obs.] It is the cowish terror of his spirit That dare not undertake. Shak.
3. To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety. But on mine honor dare I undertake For good lord Titus' innocence in all. Shak.
UNDERTAKERUn`der*tak"er, n.
1. One who undertakes; one who engages in any project or business. Beau. & Fl.
2. One who stipulates or covenants to perform any work for another; a contractor. To sign deputations for undertakes to furnish their proportions of saltpeter. Evelyn. In come some other undertakes, and promise us the same or greater wonders. South.
3. Specifically, one who takes the charge and management of funerals.
UNDERTAKINGUn`der*tak"ing, n.
1. The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business. Hakluyt.
2. That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
3. Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
4. A promise or pledge; a guarantee. A. Trollope.
UNDERTAPSTERUn`der*tap"ster, n.
Defn: Assistant to a tapster.
UNDERTAXEDUn"der*taxed`, a.
Defn: Taxed too little, or at a lower rate than others.
UNDERTENANCYUn"der*ten`an*cy, n.
Defn: Tenancy or tenure under a tenant or lessee; the tenure of an undertenant.
UNDERTENANTUn"der*ten`ant, n.
Defn: The tenant of a tenant; one who holds lands or tenements of a tenant or lessee.
UNDERTHINGUn"der**thing`, n.
Defn: Something that is inferior and of little worth. [Obs.] Beau. &Fl.
UNDERTIDE; UNDERTIMEUn"der*tide`, Un"der*time`, n. Etym: [Under + tide, time. Cf.Undern.]
Defn: The under or after part of the day; undermeal; evening. [Obs.] He, coming home at undertime, there found The fairest creature that he ever saw. Spenser.
UNDERTONEUn"der*tone`, n.
Defn: A low or subdued tone or utterance; a tone less loud than usual.
UNDERTOOKUn`der*took",
Defn: imp. of Undertake.
UNDERTOWUn"der*tow`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves are breaking upon the shore.
UNDERTREASURERUn"der*treas`ur*er, n.
Defn: An assistant treasurer.
UNDERTURNUn`der*turn, v. t.
Defn: To turn upside down; to subvert; to upset. [Obs.] Wyclif.
UNDERVALUATIONUn`der*val`u*a"tion, n.
Defn: The act of undervaluing; a rate or value not equal to the real worth.
UNDERVALUEUn`der*val"ue, v. t.
1. To value, rate, or estimate below the real worth; to depreciate.
2. To esteem lightly; to treat as of little worth; to hold in mean estimation; to despise. In comparison of it I undervalued all ensigns of authority. Atterbury. I write not this with the least intention to undervalue the other parts of poetry. Dryden.
UNDERVALUEUn`der*val"ue, n.
Defn: A low rate or price; a price less than the real worth; undervaluation. Milton.
UNDERVALUERUn"der*val"u*er, n.
Defn: One who undervalues.
UNDERVERSEUn"der*verse`, n.
Defn: The lower or second verse. [Obs.]
UNDERVESTUn"der*vest`, n.
Defn: An undershirt.
UNDERVIEWERUn"der*view`er, n.
Defn: See Underlooker.
UNDERWEARUn"der*wear`, n.
Defn: That which is worn under the outside clothing; underclothes.
UNDERWEENUn`der*ween", v. t.
Defn: To undervalue. [Obs.]
UNDERWENTUn`der*went",
Defn: imp. of Undergo.
UNDERWINGUn"der*wing`, n.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the posterior wings of an insect.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of noctuid moths belonging to Catocala and allied genera, in which the hind wings are banded with red and black or other conspicuous colors. Many of the species are called red underwing.
UNDERWITTEDUn"der*wit`ted, a.
Defn: Weak in intellect; half-witted; silly. [R.] Bp. Kennet.
UNDERWOODUn"der*wood`, n.
Defn: Small trees and bushes that grow among large trees; coppice; underbrush; — formerly used in the plural. Shrubs and underwoods look well enough while they grow within the shade of oaks and cedars. Addison.
UNDERWORK Un`der*work", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Underworked or Underwrought (; p. pr. & vb. n. Underworking.]
1. To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine. But thou from loving England art so far, That thou hast underwrought his lawful king. Shak.
2. To expend too little work upon; as, to underwork a painting. Dryden.
3. To do like work at a less price than; as, one mason may underwork another.
UNDERWORKUn`der*work", v. i.
1. To work or operate in secret or clandestinely. B. Jonson.
2. To do less work than is proper or suitable.
3. To do work for a less price than current rates.
UNDERWORKUn"der*work`, n.
Defn: Inferior or subordinate work; petty business. Addison.
UNDERWORKERUn"der*work`er, n.
1. One who underworks.
2. An inferior or subordinate workman. Waterland.
UNDERWORLDUn"der*world`, n.
1. The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the heavens; the earth. That overspreads (with such a reverence) This underworld. Daniel.
2. The mythological place of departed souls; Hades.
3. The portion of the world which is below the horizon; the opposite side of the world; the antipodes. [R.] Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings our friends up from the underworld. Tennyson.
4. The inferior part of mankind. [R.] Atterbury.
UNDERWRITEUn`der*write", v. t. [imp. Underwrote, Obs. Underwrit (; p. p.Underwritten, Obs. Underwrit; p. pr. & vb. n. Underwriting.]
1. To write under something else; to subscribe. What addition and change I have made I have here underwritten. Bp. Sanderson.
2. To subscribe one's name to for insurance, especially for marine insurance; to write one's name under, or set one's name to, as a policy of insurance, for the purpose of becoming answerable for loss or damage, on consideration of receiving a certain premium per cent; as, individuals, as well as companies, may underwrite policies of insurance. B. Jonson. The broker who procures the insurance ought not, by underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of his unbiased testimony. Marshall.
UNDERWRITEUn`der*write", v. i.
Defn: To practice the business of insuring; to take a risk of insurance on a vessel or the like.
UNDERWRITERUn"der*writ`er, n.
Defn: One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer.
UNDERWRITINGUn"der*writ`ing, n.
Defn: The business of an underwriter,
UNDERYOKEUn`der*yoke", v. t.
Defn: To subject to the yoke; to make subject. Wyclif.
UNDESERVEUn`de*serve", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + deserve.]
Defn: To fail to deserve. [Obs.] Milton.
UNDESERVERUn`de*serv"er, n.
Defn: One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy. [Obs.]Shak.
UNDESIGNINGUn`de*sign"ing, a.
Defn: Having no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere; artless; simple.
UNDESTROYABLEUn`de*stroy"a*ble, a.
Defn: Indestructible.
UNDETERMINABLEUn`de*ter"mi*na*ble, a.
Defn: Not determinable; indeterminable. Locke.
UNDETERMINATEUn`de*ter"mi*nate, a.
Defn: Nor determinate; not settled or certain; indeterminate. South.— Un`de*ter"mi*nate*ness, n. Dr. H. More.
UNDETERMINATIONUn`de*ter`mi*na"tion, n.
Defn: Indetermination. Sir M. Hale.
UNDEVILUn*dev"il, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + devil.]
Defn: To free from possession by a devil or evil spirit; to exorcise.[Obs.]They boy having gotten a habit of counterfeiting . . . would not beundeviled by all their exorcisms. Fuller.
UNDEVOTIONUn`de*vo"tion, n.
Defn: Absence or want of devotion.
UNDIDUn*did",
Defn: imp. of Undo.
UNDIFFERENTIATEDUn*dif`fer*en"ti*a`ted, a.
Defn: Not differentiated; specifically (Biol.), homogenous, or nearly so; — said especially of young or embryonic tissues which have not yet undergone differentiation (see Differentiation, 3), that is, which show no visible separation into their different structural parts.
UNDIGENOUSUn*dig"e*nous, a. Etym: [L. unda a wave + -genous.]
Defn: Generated by water. [R.] Kirwan.
UNDIGESTIBLEUn`di*gest"i*ble, a.
Defn: Indigestible.
UNDIGHTUn*dight", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + dight.]
Defn: To put off; to lay aside, as a garment. [Obs.] Spenser.
UNDIGNEUn*digne", a.
Defn: Unworthy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
UNDINE Un*dine", n. Etym: [G. undine, or F. ondin, ondine, from L. unda a wave, water.]
Defn: One of a class of fabled female water spirits who might receive a human soul by intermarrying with a mortal.
UNDIOCESEDUn*di"o*cesed, a.
Defn: Unprovided with a diocese; having no diocese. Milton.
UNDIRECTUn`di*rect", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + direct, v. t.]
Defn: To misdirect; to mislead. [Obs.] who make false fires to undirect seamen in a tempest. Fuller.
UNDIRECTUn`di*rect", a. Etym: [Pref. un- not + direct.]
Defn: Indirect.
UNDIRECTED Un`di*rect"ed, a. Etym: [In senses 1 and 2, pref. un- not + directed; in sense 3 properly p. p. of undirect.]
1. Not directed; not guided; left without direction.
2. Not addressed; not superscribed, as a letter.
3. Misdirected; misled; led astray. [R.]
UNDIRECTLYUn`di*rect"ly, adv.
Defn: Indirectly. Strype.
UNDISCERNINGUn`dis*cern"ing, n.
Defn: Want of discernment. [R.] Spectator.
UNDISCLOSEUn`dis*close", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + disclose.]
Defn: To keep close or secret. [Obs.] Daniel.
UNDISCREETUn`dis*creet", a.
Defn: Indiscreet. Chaucer.— Un`dis*creet"ly, adv.— — Un`dis*creet"ness.— Un`dis*cre"tion, n. Indiscretion.
UNDISPENSABLEUn`dis*pen"sa*ble, a.
1. Indispensable.
2. Unavoidable; inevitable. [Obs.] Fuller.
3. Not to be freed by dispensation. [Obs.]
UNDISPENSEDUn`dis*pensed", a.
1. Not dispensed.
2. Not freed by dispensation. [R.] Tooker.
UNDISPOSEDNESSUn`dis*pos"ed*ness, n.
Defn: Indisposition; disinclination.
UNDISPUTABLEUn*dis"pu*ta*ble, a.
Defn: Indisputable. Addison.— Un*dis"pu*ta*ble*ness, n.
UNDISTINCTIVEUn`dis*tinc"tive, a.
Defn: Making no distinctions; not discriminating; impartial.As undistinctive Death will come here one day. Dickens.
UNDISTINCTLYUn`dis*tinct"ly, adv.
Defn: Indistinctly.
UNDIVIDEDUn`di*vid"ed, a.
1. Not divided; not separated or disunited; unbroken; whole; continuous; as, plains undivided by rivers or mountains.
2. Not set off, as a share in a firm; not made actually separate by division; as, a partner, owning one half in a firm, is said to own an undivided half so long as the business continues and his share is not set off to him.
3. Not directed or given to more than one object; as, undivided attention or affection. Shak.
4. (Bot.)
Defn: Not lobed, cleft, or branched; entire.
UNDIVIDUALUn`di*vid"u*al, a.
Defn: Indivisible. [Obs.]True courage and courtesy are undividual companions. Fuller.
UNDIVISIBLEUn`di*vis"i*ble, a.
Defn: Indivisible.
UNDOUn*do", v. t. Etym: [AS. und. See 1st Un-, and Do to perform.]
1. To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught.What's done can not be undone. Shak.To-morrow, ere the setting sun, She 'd all undo that she had done.Swift.
2. To loose; to open; to take to piece; to unfasten; to untie; hence, to unravel; to solve; as, to undo a knot; to undo a puzzling question; to undo a riddle. Tennyson. Pray you, undo this button. Shak. She took the spindle, and undoing the thread gradually, measured it. Sir W. Scott.
3. To bring to poverty; to impoverish; to ruin, as in reputation, morals, hopes, or the like; as, many are undone by unavoidable losses, but more undo themselves by vices and dissipation, or by indolence. That quaffing and drinking will undo you, Shak.
UNDOCKUn*dock", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + dock.] (Naut.)
Defn: To take out of dock; as, to undock a ship.
UNDOERUn*do"er, n.
Defn: One who undoes anything; especially, one who ruins another.
UNDOINGUn*do"ing, n.
1. The reversal of what has been done.
2. Ruin. "The utter undoing of some." Hooker.
UNDOMESTICATEUn`do*mes"ti*cate, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + domesticate.]
Defn: To make wild or roving.
UNDONEUn*done",
Defn: p. p. of Undo.
UNDONEUn*done", a. Etym: [Pref. un- not + done.]
Defn: Not done or performed; neglected.
UNDOUBLEUn*dou"ble, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + double.]
Defn: To unfold, or render single.
UNDOUBTABLEUn*doubt"a*ble, a.
Defn: Indubitable.
UNDOUBTEDUn*doubt"ed, a.
Defn: Not doubted; not called in question; indubitable; indisputable; as, undoubted proof; undoubted hero. — Un*doubt"ed*ly, adv.
UNDRAPEUn*drape", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + drape.]
Defn: To strip of drapery; to uncover or unveil.
UNDRAWUn*draw", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + draw.]
Defn: To draw aside or open; to draw back.Angels undrew the curtain of the throne. Young.
UNDREAMED; UNDREAMTUn*dreamed", Un*dreamt", a.
Defn: Not dreamed, or dreamed of; not thof.Unpathed waters, undreamed shores. Shak.
UNDRESSUn*dress", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + dress.]
1. To divest of clothes; to strip.
2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
3. (Med.)
Defn: To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound.
UNDRESSUn"dress, n.
1. A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished from full dress.
2. (Mil. & Naval)
Defn: An authorized habitual dress of officers and soldiers, but not full-dress uniform. Undress parade (Mil.), a substitute for dress parade, allowed in bad weather, the companies forming without arms, and the ceremony being shortened.
UNDUBITABLEUn*du"bi*ta*ble, a.
Defn: Indubitable; as, an undubitable principle. [Obs.] Locke.
UNDUEUn*due", a.
1. Not due; not yet owing; as, an undue debt, note, or bond.
2. Not right; not lawful or legal; improper; as, an undue proceeding. Bacon.
3. Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law. Undue influence (Law), any improper or wrongful constraint, machination, or urgency of persuasion, by which one's will is overcome and he is induced to do or forbear an act which he would not do, or would do, if left to act freely. Abbott.
UNDUENESSUn*due"ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being undue.
UNDUKEUn*duke", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + duke.]
Defn: To deprive of dukedom. Swift.
UNDULANTUn"du*lant, a.
Defn: Undulating. [R.]
UNDULARYUn"du*la*ry, a. Etym: [See Undulate.]
Defn: Moving like waves; undulatory. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
UNDULATEUn"du*late, a. Etym: [L. undulatus undulated, wavy, a dim. from undaa wave; cf. AS. unnr; perhaps akin to E. water. Cf. Abound, Inundate,Redound, Surround.]
Defn: Same as Undulated.
UNDULATEUn"du*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Undulated; p. pr. & vb. n.Undulating.]
Defn: To cause to move backward and forward, or up and down, in undulations or waves; to cause to vibrate. Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated and undulated. Holder.
UNDULATEUn"du*late, v. i.
Defn: To move in, or have, undulations or waves; to vibrate; to wave; as, undulating air.
UNDULATEDUn"du*la`ted, a.
1. Resembling, or in the nature of, waves; having a wavy surface; undulatory.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Waved obtusely up and down, near the margin, as a leaf or corolla; wavy.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Formed with elevations and depressions resembling waves; having wavelike color markings; as, an undulated shell.
UNDULATINGUn"du*la`ting, a.
Defn: Rising and falling like waves; resembling wave form or motion;undulatory; rolling; wavy; as, an undulating medium; undulatingground.— Un"du*la`ting*ly. adv.
UNDULATIONUn`du*la"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ondulation.]
1. The act of undulating; a waving motion or vibration; as, the undulations of a fluid, of water, or of air; the undulations of sound.
2. A wavy appearance or outline; waviness. Evelyn.
3. (Mus.) (a) The tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string, as of a violin. (b) The pulsation caused by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison; — called also beat.
4. (Physics)
Defn: A motion to and fro, up and down, or from side to side, in any fluid or elastic medium, propagated continuously among its particles, but with no translation of the particles themselves in the direction of the propagation of the wave; a wave motion; a vibration.
UNDULATIONISTUn`du*la"tion*ist, n.
Defn: One who advocates the undulatory theory of light. Whewell.
UNDULATIVEUn"du*la*tive, a.
Defn: Consisting in, or accompanied by, undulations; undulatory.
UNDULATORYUn"du*la*to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. ondulatoire.]
Defn: Moving in the manner of undulations, or waves; resembling the motion of waves, which successively rise or swell rise or swell and fall; pertaining to a propagated alternating motion, similar to that of waves. Undulatory theory, or Wave theory (of light) (Opt.), that theory which regards its various phenomena as due to undulations in an ethereal medium, propagated from the radiant with immense, but measurable, velocities, and producing different impressions on the retina according to their amplitude and frequency, the sensation of brightness depending on the former, that of color on the latter. The undulations are supposed to take place, not in the direction of propagation, as in the air waves constituting sound, but transversely, and the various phenomena of refraction, polarization, interference, etc., are attributable to the different affections of these undulations in different circumstances of propagation. It is computed that the frequency of the undulations corresponding to the several colors of the spectrum ranges from 458 millions of millions per second for the extreme red ray, to 727 millions of millions for the extreme violet, and their lengths for the same colors, from the thirty-eight thousandth to the sixty thousandth part of an inch. The theory of ethereal undulations is applicable not only to the phenomena of light, but also to those of heat.
UNDULLUn*dull", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + dull.]
Defn: To remove the dullness of; to clear. [Obs.] Whitlock.
UNDULOUSUn"du*lous, a.
Defn: Undulating; undulatory.
UNDULYUn*du"ly, adv.
Defn: In an undue manner.
UNDUMPISHUn*dump"ish, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + dumpish.]
Defn: To relieve from the dumps. [Obs.] Fuller.
UNDUSTUn*dust", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + dust.]
Defn: To free from dust. [Obs.]
UNDWELLABLEUn*dwell"a*ble, a.
Defn: Uninhabitable. [Obs.] "A land undwellable." Wyclif.
UNDWELTUn*dwelt", a.
Defn: Not lived (in); — with in.
UNDYINGUn*dy"ing, a.
Defn: Not dying; imperishable; unending; immortal; as, the undying souls of men.
UNEAREDUn*eared", a.
Defn: Not eared, or plowed. Shak.
UNEARNEDUn*earned", a.
Defn: Not earned; not gained by labor or service. Unearned increment (Polit. Econ.), a increase in the value of land due to no labor or expenditure on the part of the owner, but to natural causes, such as the increase of population, the growth of a town in the vicinity, or the like. Some hold that this should belong to the nation.
UNEARTHUn*earth", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Unearthed; p. pr. & vb. n.Unearthing.] Etym: [1st pref. un- + earth.]
Defn: To drive or draw from the earth; hence, to uncover; to bringout from concealment; to bring to light; to disclose; as, to uneartha secret.To unearth the roof of an old tree. Wordsworth.
UNEARTHLYUn*earth"ly, a.
Defn: Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. — Un*earth"li*ness, n.
UNEASEUn*ease", n.
Defn: Want of ease; uneasiness. [Obs.]
UNEASILYUn*eas"i*ly, adv.
Defn: In an uneasy manner.
UNEASINESSUn*eas"i*ness, n.
1. The quality or state of being uneasy; restlessness; disquietude; anxiety.
2. The quality of making uneasy; discomfort; as, the uneasiness of the road. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.
UNEASYUn*eas"y, a.
1. Not easy; difficult. [R.] Things . . . so uneasy to be satisfactorily understood. Boyle. The road will be uneasy to find. Sir W. Scott.
2. Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed. The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. Pope.
3. Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment.
4. Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing. "His uneasy station." Milton. A sour, untractable nature makes him uneasy to those who approach him. Addison.
UNEATH Un*eath", a. Etym: [AS. uneá; un- not + eá easily, easy; akin to OS. easy, OHG. .]
Defn: Not easy; difficult; hard. [Obs.]Who he was, uneath was to descry. Spenser.
UNEATHUn*eath", adv.
Defn: Not easily; hardly; scarcely. [Obs.]Uneath may she endure the flinty streets. Shak.
UNEDGEUn*edge", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + edge.]
Defn: To deprive of the edge; to blunt. J. Fletcher.
UNEFECTUALUn`e*fec"tu*al, a.
Defn: Ineffectual. "His uneffectual fire." Shak.
UNELASTICUn`e*las"tic, a.
Defn: Not elastic; inelastic.
UNELASTICITYUn`e*las*tic"i*ty, n.
Defn: Inelasticity.
UNELEGANTUn*el"e*gant, a.
Defn: Inelegant.
UNELIGIBLEUn*el"i*gi*ble, a.
Defn: Ineligible. Roger
UNEMBARRASSEDUn`em*bar"rassed, a.
Defn: Not embarrassed. Specifically: — (a) Not perplexed in mind; not confused; as, the speaker appeared unembarrassed. (b) Free from pecuniary difficulties or encumbrances; as, he and his property are unembarrassed. (c) Free from perplexing connection; as, the question comes into court unembarrassed with irrelevant matter.
UNEMBARRASSMENTUn`em*bar"rass*ment, n.
Defn: Freedom from embarrassment.
UNEMBODIEDUn`em*bod"ied, a.
1. Free from a corporeal body; disembodied; as, unembodied spirits. Byron.
2. Not embodied; not collected into a body; not yet organized; as, unembodied militia.
UNEMPIRICALLYUn`em*pir"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: Not empirically; without experiment or experience.
UNEMPLOYEDUn`em*ployed", a.
1. Nor employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work.
2. Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital.
UNEMPLOYMENTUn`em*ploy"ment, n.
Defn: Quality or state of being not employed; — used esp. in economics, of the condition of various social classes when temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent.
UNENCUMBERUn`en*cum"ber, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + encumber.]
Defn: To free from incumbrance; to disencumber.
UNENDLYUn*end"ly, a. Etym: [Pref. un- not + end + -ly.]
Defn: Unending; endless. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
UNENTANGLEUn`en*tan"gle, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + entangle.]
Defn: To disentangle.
UNEQUALUn*e"qual, a. Etym: [Cf. Inequal.]
1. Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station, or the like; as, the fingers are of unequal length; peers and commoners are unequal in rank.
2. Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair. Against unequal arms to fight in pain. Milton. Jerome, a very unequal relator of the opinion of his adversaries. John Worthington. To punish me for what you make me do Seems much unequal. Shak.
3. Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal pulsations; an unequal poem.
4. Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to the sudden strain.
5. (Bot.)
Defn: Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical.
UNEQUALABLEUn*e"qual*a*ble, a.
Defn: Not capable of being equaled or paralleled. [Obs.] Boyle.
UNEQUALEDUn*e"qualed, a.
Defn: Not equaled; unmatched; unparalleled; unrivaled; exceeding; surpassing; — in a good or bad sense; as, unequaled excellence; unequaled ingratitude or baseness. [Written also unequalled.]
UNEQUALLYUn*e"qual*ly, adv.
Defn: In an unequal manner. Unequally pinnate (Bot.), pinnate, but with an odd number of leaflets.
UNEQUALNESSUn*e"qual*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being unequal; inequality; unevenness.Jer. Taylor.
UNEQUITABLEUn*eq"ui*ta*ble, a.
Defn: Inequitable.
UNEQUITYUn*eq"ui*ty, n.
Defn: Want of equity or uprightness; injustice; wickedness; iniquity.[Obs.] Wyclif.
UNEQUIVOCALUn`e*quiv"o*cal, a.
Defn: Not equivocal; not doubtful; not ambiguous; evident; sincere;plain; as, unequivocal evidence; unequivocal words.— Un`e*quiv"o*cal*ly, adv.— Un`e*quiv"o*cal*ness, n.
UNERRINGUn*err"ing, a.
Defn: Committing no mistake; incapable or error or failure certain; sure; unfailing; as, the unerring wisdom of God. Hissing in air the unerring weapon flew. Dryden.
UNERRINGLYUn*err"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In an unerring manner.
UNESSENTIALUn`es*sen"tial, a.
1. Not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable; unimportant. Addison.
2. Void of essence, or real being. [R.] Milton.
UNESSENTIALUn`es*sen"tial, n.
Defn: Something not constituting essence, or something which is not of absolute necessity; as, forms are among the unessentials of religion.
UNESSENTIALLYUn`es*sen"tial*ly, adv.
Defn: In an unessential manner.
UNESTABLISHUn`es*tab"lish, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + establish.]
Defn: To disestablish. [R.] The Parliament demanded of the king to unestablish that prelatical government. Milton.
UNETH; UNETHESUn*eth", Un*ethes", adv.
Defn: With difficulty; scarcely. See Uneath. [Written also unethe, unneth, unnethe, unnethes, etc.] [Obs.] Chaucer.
UNEVENUn*e"ven, a. Etym: [AS. unefen. See Un- not, and Even, a.]
1. Not even; not level; not uniform; rough; as, an uneven road or way; uneven ground.
2. Not equal; not of equal length. Hebrew verse consists of uneven feet. Peacham.
3. Not divisible by two without a remainder; odd; — said of numbers; as, 3, 7, and 11 are uneven numbers. Un*e"ven*ly, adv. — Un*e"ven*ness, n.
UNEVITABLEUn*ev"i*ta*ble, a.
Defn: Inevitable. [Obs.]
UNEXACTUn`ex*act", a.
Defn: Not exact; inexact.
UNEXAMPLEDUn`ex*am"pled, a.
Defn: Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled. "A revolution . . . unexampled for grandeur of results." De Quincey.
UNEXCEPTIONABLEUn`ex*cep"tion*a*ble, a.
Defn: Not liable to any exception or objection; unobjectionable;faultless; good; excellent; as, a man of most unexceptionablecharacter.— Un`ex*cep"tion*a*ble*ness, n.— Un`ex*cep"tion*a*bly, adv.
Chesterfield is an unexceptionable witness. Macaulay.
UNEXCEPTIVEUn`ex*cept"ive, a.
Defn: Not exceptive; not including, admitting, or being, an exception.
UNEXCUSABLEUn`ex*cus"a*ble, a.
Defn: Inexcusable. Hayward.— Un`ex*cus"a*ble*ness, n.
UNEXHAUSTIBLEUn`ex*haust"i*ble, a.
Defn: Inexhaustible.
UNEXPECTATIONUn*ex`pec*ta"tion, n.
Defn: Absence of expectation; want of foresight. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
UNEXPECTEDUn`ex*pect"ed, a.
Defn: Not expected; coming without warning; sudden.— Un`ex*pect"ed*ly, adv.— Un`ex*pect"ed*ness, n.
UNEXPEDIENTUn`ex*pe"di*ent, a.
Defn: Inexpedient. [Obs.]
UNEXPENSIVEUn`ex*pen"sive, a.
Defn: Inexpensive. Milton.
UNEXPERIENCEUn`ex*pe"ri*ence, n.
Defn: Inexperience. [Obs.]
UNEXPERIENCEDUn`ex*pe"ri*enced, a.
1. Not experienced; being without experience; inexperienced. Swift.
2. Untried; — applied to things. Cheyne.
UNEXPERIENTUn`ex*pe"ri*ent, a.
Defn: Inexperienced. [Obs.]
UNEXPERTUn`ex*pert", a.
Defn: Not expert; inexpert. Milton.
UNEXPERTLYUn`ex*pert"ly, adv.
Defn: In an unexpert manner.
UNEXPRESSIBLEUn`ex*press"i*ble, a.
Defn: Inexpressible. Tillotson.— Un`ex*press"i*bly, adv.
UNEXPRESSIVEUn`ex*press"ive, a.
1. Not expressive; not having the power of utterance; inexpressive.
2. Incapable of being expressed; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable. [Obs.] Run, run, Orlando; carve on every tree The fair, the chaste and unexpressive she. Shak. — Un`ex*press"ive*ly, adv.
UNEXTINGUISHABLEUn`ex*tin"guish*a*ble, a.
Defn: Inextinguishable.— Un`ex*tin"guish*a*bly, adv.
UNEXTRICABLEUn*ex"tri*ca*ble, a.
Defn: Not extricable; inextricable. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
UNFACEUn*face", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + face.]
Defn: To remove the face or cover from; to unmask; to expose.
UNFAILABLEUn*fail"a*ble, a.
Defn: Infallible. [Obs.] "This unfailable word of truth." Bp. Hall.
UNFAILINGUn*fail"ing, a.
Defn: Not failing; not liable to fail; inexhaustible; certain; sure.Dryden.— Un*fail"ing*ly, adv.— Un*fail"ing*ness, n.
UNFAIRUn*fair", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + fair.]
Defn: To deprive of fairness or beauty. [R.] Shak.
UNFAIRUn*fair", a. Etym: [AS. unfæger unlovely. See Un- not, and Fair, a.]
Defn: Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using orinvolving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal.You come, like an unfair merchant, to charge me with being in yourdebt. Swift.— Un*fair"ly, adv — Un*fair"ness, n.
UNFAITHUn*faith", n.
Defn: Absence or want of faith; faithlessness; distrust; unbelief.[R.]Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers: Unfaith in aught is wantof faith in all. Tennyson.
UNFAITHFULUn*faith"ful, a.
1. Not faithful; not observant of promises, vows, allegiance, or duty; violating trust or confidence; treacherous; perfidious; as, an unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent or servant. My feet, through wine, unfaithful to their weight. Pope. His honor rooted in dishonor stood, And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true. Tennyson.
2. Not possessing faith; infidel. [R.] Milton.— Un*faith"ful*ly, adv.— Un*faith"ful*ness, n.
UNFALCATEDUn*fal"ca*ted, a.
1. Not falcated, or hooked.
2. Having no deductions; not curtailed, or shortened; undiminished. [R.] Swift.
UNFALLIBLEUn*fal"li*ble, a.
Defn: Infallible. Shak.
UNFASTENUn*fas"ten, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + fasten.]
Defn: To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.
UNFATHEREDUn*fa"thered, a.
1. Having no father; fatherless; hence, born contrary to nature. Shak.
2. Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard.
UNFAVORABLEUn*fa"vor*a*ble, a.
Defn: Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging.— Un*fa"vor*a*ble*ness, n.— Un*fa"vor*a*bly, adv.
UNFEATHERUn*feath"er, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + feather.]
Defn: To deprive of feathers; to strip. [R.]
UNFEATUREDUn*fea"tured, a.
Defn: Wanting regular features; deformed. "Visage rough, deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of buff." Dryden.
UNFEATYUn*feat"y, a. Etym: [Un- not + feat, a.]
Defn: Not feat; not dexterous; unskillful; clumsy. [Obs.] Sir P.Sidney.
UNFEELINGUn*feel"ing, a.
1. Destitute of feeling; void of sensibility; insensible; insensate.
2. Without kind feelings; cruel; hard-hearted. To each his sufferings: all are men, Condemned alike to groan; The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Gray. — Un*feel"ing*ly, adv. — Un*feel"ing*ness, n.
UNFEIGNEDUn*feigned", a.
Defn: Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real; sincere;genuine; as, unfeigned piety; unfeigned love to man. "Good faithunfeigned." Chaucer.— Un*feign"ed*ly, adv.— Un*feign"ed*ness, n.
UNFELLOWUn*fel"low, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + fellow.]
Defn: To prevent from being a fellow or companion; to separate from one's fellows; to dissever. Death quite unfellows us. Mrs. Browning.
UNFELLOWEDUn*fel"lowed, a. Etym: [Pref. un- + fellowed.]
Defn: Being without a fellow; unmatched; unmated. Shak.
UNFENCEUn*fence", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + fence.]
Defn: To strip of a fence; to remove a fence from.
UNFERTILEUn*fer"tile, a.
Defn: Not fertile; infertile; barren.— Un*fer"tile*ness, n.
UNFESTLICHUn*fest"lich, a.
Defn: Unfit for a feast; hence, jaded; worn. [Obs.] Chaucer.
UNFETTERUn*fet"ter, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + fetter.]
Defn: To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind.
UNFEUDALIZEUn*feu"dal*ize, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + feudalize.]
Defn: To free from feudal customs or character; to make not feudal.Carlyle.
UNFILEUn*file", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + file.]
Defn: To remove from a file or record.
UNFILEDUn*filed", a. Etym: [Pref. un- not + filed, p. p. of file to defile.]
Defn: Not defiled; pure. [Obs.] Surrey.
UNFILIALUn*fil"ial, a.
Defn: Unsuitable to a son or a daughter; undutiful; not becoming achild.— Un*fil"ial*ly, adv.
UNFINISHEDUn*fin"ished, a.
Defn: Not finished, not brought to an end; imperfect; incomplete; left in the rough; wanting the last hand or touch; as, an unfinished house; an unfinished picture; an unfinished iron casting.
UNFIRMUn*firm", a.
Defn: Infirm. [R.] Dryden.
UNFIRMNESSUn*firm"ness, n.
Defn: Infirmness. [R.]
UNFITUn*fit", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + fit.]
Defn: To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; as, sickness unfits a man for labor; sin unfits us for the society of holy beings.
UNFITUn*fit", a. Etym: [Pref. un- + fit.]
Defn: Not fit; unsuitable.— Un*fit"ly, adv.— Un*fit"ness, n.
UNFIXUn*fix", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + fix.]
1. To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or affections.
2. To make fluid; to dissolve. [R.] The mountain stands; nor can the rising sun Unfix her frosts. Dryden.
UNFLEDGEDUn*fledged", a.
Defn: Not fledged; not feathered; hence, not fully developed; immature. Dryden.
UNFLESHUn*flesh", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + flesh.]
Defn: To deprive of flesh; to reduce a skeleton. "Unfleshed humanity." Wordsworth.
UNFLESHLYUn*flesh"ly, a.
Defn: Not pertaining to the flesh; spiritual.
UNFLEXIBLEUn*flex"i*ble, a.
Defn: Inflexible.
UNFLINCHINGUn*flinch"ing, a.
Defn: Not flinching or shrinking; unyielding.— Un*flinch"ing*ly, adv.
UNFLOWERUn*flow"er, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + flower.]
Defn: To strip of flowers. [R.] G. Fletcher.
UNFOLDUn*fold", v. t. Etym: [AS. unfealdan. See 1st Un-, and Fold, v. t.]
1. To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth. Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns. Herbert.
2. To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to display; to disclose; to reveal; to elucidate; to explain; as, to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science. Unfold the passion of my love. Shak.
3. To release from a fold or pen; as, to unfold sheep.
UNFOLDUn*fold", v. i.
Defn: To open; to expand; to become disclosed or developed.The wind blows cold While the morning doth unfold. J. Fletcher.
UNFOLDERUn*fold"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, unfolds.
UNFOLDMENTUn*fold"ment, n.
Defn: The acct of unfolding, or the state of being unfolded.The extreme unfoldment of the instinctive powers. C. Morris.
UNFOOLUn*fool", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + fool.]
Defn: To restore from folly, or from being a fool. [Obs.] Shak.
UNFORESEEUn`fore*see", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + foresee.]
Defn: To fail to foresee. Bp. Hacket.
UNFORESEEABLEUn`fore*see"a*ble, a.
Defn: Incapable of being foreseen. South.
UNFORESKINNEDUn*fore"skinned, a. Etym: [1st pref. un- + foreskin + -ed.]
Defn: Deprived of the foreskin; circumcised. [R.] Milton.
UNFORGETTABLEUn`for*get"ta*ble, a.
Defn: Not forgettable; enduring in memory.Pungent and unforgettable truths. Emerson.
UNFORMUn*form", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + form.]
Defn: To decompose, or resolve into parts; to destroy the form of; to unmake. [R.] Good.
UNFORMED Un*formed", a. Etym: [In sense 1 properly p. p. of un form; in senses 2 and 3 pref. un- not + formed.]
1. Decomposed, or resolved into parts; having the form destroyed.
2. Not formed; not arranged into regular shape, order, or relations; shapeless; amorphous.
3. (Biol.)
Defn: Unorganized; without definite shape or structure; as, an unformed, or unorganized, ferment. Unformed stars (Astron.), stars not grouped into any constellation; informed stars. See Sporades.
UNFORTUNATEUn*for"tu*nate, a.
Defn: Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business. — n.
Defn: An unfortunate person. Hood.— Un*for"tu*nate*ly, adv.— Un*for"tu*nate*ness, n.
UNFOUNDEDUn*found"ed, a.
1. Not founded; not built or established. Milton.
2. Having no foundation; baseless; vain; idle; as, unfounded expectations. Paley.
UNFRAMEUn*frame", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + frame.]
Defn: To take apart, or destroy the frame of. Dryden.
UNFRANGIBLEUn*fran"gi*ble, a.
Defn: Infrangible. [Obs.] "Impassible and unfrangible." Jer. Taylor.
UNFRANKABLEUn*frank"a*ble, a.
Defn: Not frankable; incapable of being sent free by public conveyance.
UNFRAUGHTUn*fraught", a.
1. Etym: [Pref. un- not + fraught.]
Defn: Not fraught; not burdened.
2. Etym: [1st pref. un- + fraught.]
Defn: Removed, as a burden; unloaded. P. Fletcher.
UNFREEUn*free", a.
Defn: Not free; held in bondage.There had always been a slave class, a class of the unfree, among theEnglish as among all German peoples. J. R. Green
UNFREEZEUn*freeze", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + freeze.]
Defn: To thaw. [Obs.]
UNFREQUENCYUn*fre"quen*cy, n.
Defn: Infrequency.
UNFREQUENTUn*fre"quent (, a. Etym: [Pref. un- not + frequent.]
Defn: Infrequent. J. H. Newman.— Un*fre"quent*ly adv.
UNFREQUENTUn`fre*quent", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + frequent.]
Defn: To cease to frequent. [Obs.]They quit their thefts and unfrequent the fields. J. Philips.
UNFREQUENTEDUn`fre*quent"ed, a. Etym: [Pref. un- + frequented.]
Defn: Rarely visited; seldom or never resorted to by human beings; as, an unfrequented place or forest. Addison.
UNFRETUn*fret", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + fret.]
Defn: To smooth after being fretted. [Obs.]
UNFRIENDUn*friend", n.
Defn: One not a friend; an enemy. [R.] Carlyle.
UNFRIENDEDUn*friend"ed, a.
Defn: Wanting friends; not befriended; not countenanced or supported.Goldsmith.If Richard indeed does come back, it must be alone, unfollowed,unfriended. Sir W. Scott.
UNFRIENDLYUn*friend"ly, a.
1. Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.
2. Not favorable; not adapted to promote or support any object; as, weather unfriendly to health. — Un*friend"li*ness, n.
UNFRIENDSHIPUn*friend"ship, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being unfriendly; unfriendliness;enmity.An act of unfriendship to my sovereign person. Sir W. Scott.
UNFROCKUn*frock", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + frock.]
Defn: To deprive or divest or a frock; specifically, to deprive of priestly character or privilege; as, to unfrock a priest.
UNFRUITFULUn*fruit"ful, a.
Defn: Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort. — Un*fruit"ful*ly, adv. — Un*fruit"ful*ness, n.
UNFUMEDUn*fumed", a.
Defn: Not exposed to fumes; not fumigated. Milton.
UNFURLUn*furl", v. t. & i. Etym: [1st pref. un- + furl.]
Defn: To loose from a furled state; to unfold; to expand; to open or spread; as, to unfurl sails; to unfurl a flag.
UNFURNISHUn*fur"nish, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + furnish.]
Defn: To strip of furniture; to divest; to strip.
UNFUSIBLEUn*fu"si*ble, a.
Defn: Infusible. [R.]
UNGAINUn*gain", a. Etym: [OE. ungein. See Ungainly.]
Defn: Ungainly; clumsy; awkward; also, troublesome; inconvenient.[Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Beau. & Pl.
UNGAINLINESSUn*gain"li*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being ungainly; awkwardness.
UNGAINLY Un*gain"ly, a. Etym: [OE. ungeinliche, adv., fr. ungein inconvenient; un- + Icel. gegn ready, serviceable; adv., against, opposite. See Un- not, and Gain, a., Again.]
1. Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking. His ungainly figure and eccentric manners. Macaulay.
2. Unsuitable; unprofitable. [Obs.] Hammond.
UNGAINLYUn*gain"ly, adv.
Defn: In an ungainly manner.
UNGEARUn*gear", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + gear.]
Defn: To strip of gear; to unharness; to throw out of gear.
UNGELDUn*geld", n. Etym: [Pref. un- not + geld payment.] (Anglo-Sax. Law)
Defn: A person so far out of the protection of the law, that if he were murdered, no geld, or fine, should be paid, or composition made by him that killed him. Cowell. Burrill.
UNGENEROUSUn*gen"er*ous, a.
Defn: Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable.The victor never will impose on Cato Ungenerous terms. Addison.