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Unhang
UNHANG', verb transitive
1. To divest or strip of hangings, as a room.
2. To take from the hinges; as, to unhang a gate.
Unhanged
UNHANG'ED,
UNHAP', noun Ill luck; misfortune. [Not in use.]
Unhap
UNHAP', n. Ill luck; misfortune. [Not in use.]
Unhappied
UNHAP'PIED, adjective Made unhappy. [Not in use.]
Unhappily
UNHAP'PILY, adverb Unfortunately; miserably; calamitously.
Unhappiness
UNHAP'PINESS, noun
1. Misfortune; ill luck.
2. Infelicity; misery.
It is our great unhappiness when any calamities fall upon us, that we are uneasy and dissatisfied.
[But it usually expresses less than misery or wretchedness.]
3. Mischievous prank. [Not in use.]
Unhappy
UNHAP'PY, adjective
1. Unfortunate; unlucky. He has been unhappy in his choice of a partner. Affairs have taken an unhappy turn.
2. Not happy; in a degree miserable or wretched. She is unhappy in her marriage. Children sometimes render their parents unhappy
3. Evil; calamitous; marked by infelicity; as an unhappy day.
This unhappy morn.
4. Mischievous; irregular.
Unharassed
UNHAR'ASSED, adjective Not harassed; not vexed or troubled.
Unharbor
UNH'ARBOR, verb transitive To drive from harbor or shelter.
Unharbored
UNH'ARBORED, adjective Not sheltered, or affording no shelter.
Unhardened
UNH'ARDENED, adjective
1. Not hardened; not indurated; as metal.
2. Not hardened; not made obdurate; as the heart.
Unhardy
UNH'ARDY, adjective
1. Not hardy; feeble; not able to endure fatigue.
2. Not having fortitude; not bold; timorous.
Unharmed
UNH'ARMED, adjective Unhurt; uninjured; unimpaired.
Unharmful
UNH'ARMFUL, adjective Not doing harm; harmless; innoxious.
Themselves unharmful let them live unharm'd.
Unharmonious
UNHARMO'NIOUS, adjective
1. Not having symmetry or congruity; disproportionate.
2. Discordant; unmusical; jarring; as sounds.
Unharmoniously
UNHARMO'NIOUSLY, adverb With jarring; discordantly.
Unharness
UNH'ARNESS, verb transitive
1. To strip of harness; to loose from harness or gear.
2. To disarm; to divest of armor.
Unhatched
UNHATCH'ED, adjective
1. Not hatched; not having left the egg.
2. Not matured and brought to light; not disclosed.
Unhazarded
UNHAZ'ARDED, adjective Not hazarded; not put in danger; not exposed to loss; not adventured.
Unhead
UNHEAD, verb transitive unhed'. To take out the head of; as, to unhead a cask.
Unheaded
UNHEADED, participle passive unhed'ed. Having the head taken out.
Unheading
UNHEADING, participle present tense unhed'ing. Taking out the head of.
Unhealthful
UNHEALTHFUL, adjective unhelth'ful.
1. Not healthful; injurious to health; insalubrious; unwholesome; noxious; as an unhealthful climate or air.
2. Abounding with sickness or disease; sickly; as an unhealthful season.
Unhealthfulness
UNHEALTHFULNESS, noun unhelth'fulness.
1. Unwholesomeness; insalubriousness; noxiousness to health.
2. The state of being sickly; as the unhealthfulness of the autumn.
Unhealthily
UNHEALTHILY, adverb unhelth'ily. In an unwholesome or unsound manner.
Unhealthiness
UNHEALTHINESS, noun unhelth'iness.
1. Want of health; habitual weakness or indisposition; applied to persons.
2. Unsoundness; want of vigor; as the unhealthiness of trees or other plants.
3. Unfavorableness to health; as the unhealthiness of a climate.
Unhealthy
UNHEALTHY, adjective unhelth'y.
1. Wanting health; wanting a sound and vigorous state of body; habitually weak or indisposed; as an unhealthy person.
2. Unsound; wanting vigor of growth; as an unhealthy plant.
3. Sickly; abounding with disease; as an unhealthy season or city.
4. Insalubrious; unwholesome; adapted to generate diseases; as an unhealthy climate or country.
5. Morbid; not indicating health.
Unheard
UNHE'ARD, adjective
1. Not heard; not perceived by the ear.
2. Not admitted to audience.
What pangs I feel, unpitied and unheard!
3. Not known in fame; not celebrated.
Nor was his name unheard
4. unheard of; obscure; not known by fame.
Unheard of, new; unprecedented.
Unheart
UNHE'ART, verb transitive To discourage; to depress; to dishearten. [Not in use.]
Unheated
UNHE'ATED, adjective Not heated; not made hot.
Unhedged
UNHEDG'ED, adjective Not hedged; not surrounded by a hedge.
Unheeded
UNHEE'DED, adjective Not heeded; disregarded; neglected.
The world's great victor passed unheeded by.
Unheedful
UNHEE'DFUL, adjective Not cautious; inattentive; careless.
Unheeding
UNHEE'DING, adjective Not heeding; careless; negligent.
Unheedy
UNHEE'DY, adjective Precipitate; sudden.
Unhele
UNHE'LE, verb transitive To uncover. [Not in use.]
Unhelmed
UNHELM'ED, adjective Having no helm.
Unhelped
UNHELP'ED, adjective Unassisted; having no aid or auxiliary; unsupported.
Unhelpful
UNHELP'FUL, adjective Affording no aid.
Unhesitating
UNHES'ITATING, adjective Not hesitating; not remaining in doubt; prompt; ready.
Unhesitatingly
UNHES'ITATINGLY, adverb Without hesitation or doubt.
Unhewn
UNHEWN', adjective Not hewn; rough.
Unhidebound
UNHI'DEBOUND, adjective Lax of maw; capacious. [Not in use.]
Unhindered
UNHIN'DERED, adjective Not hindered; not opposed; exerting itself freely.
Unhinge
UNHINGE, verb transitive unhinj'.
1. To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door.
2. To displace; to unfix by violence.
3. To unfix; to loosen; to render unstable or wavering; as, to unhinge the mind; to unhinge opinions.
Unhoard
UNHOARD, verb transitive To steal from a hoard; to scatter.
Unholiness
UNHO'LINESS, noun
1. Want of holiness; an unsanctified state of the heart.
2. Impiety; wickedness; profaneness.
Unholy
UNHO'LY, adjective
1. Not holy; not renewed and sanctified. .
2. Profane; not hallowed; not consecrated; common. .
3. Impious; wicked.
4. Not ceremonially purified. .
Unhonest
UNHON'EST, adjective [See Honest.] Dishonest; dishonorable. obsolete
Unhonored
UNHON'ORED, adjective [See Honor.] Not honored; not regarded with veneration; not celebrated.
Unhook
UNHOOK', verb transitive To loose from a hook.
Unhoop
UNHOOP', verb transitive To strip of hoops.
Unhoped
UNHO'PED, adjective Not hoped for; not so probable as to excite hope.
With unhop'd success.
Unhoped for, unhoped as above.
Unhopeful
UNHO'PEFUL, adjective Such as leaves no room to hope.
Unhorned
UNHORN'ED, adjective Having no horns.
Unhorse
UNHORSE, verb transitive unhors'. To throw from a horse; to cause to dismount.
Unhorsed
UNHORS'ED, participle passive Throwing from a horse; to cause to dismount.
Unhorsing
UNHORS'ING, participle present tense Throwing from a horse; dismounting.
Unhositable
UNHOS'ITABLE, adjective Not kind to strangers. [But inhospitable is the word now used.]
Unhostile
UNHOS'TILE, adjective Not belonging to a public enemy.
Unhouse
UNHOUSE, verb transitive unhouz'.
1. To drive from the house or habitation; to dislodge.
2. To deprive of shelter.
Unhoused
UNHOUS'ED, participle passive
1. Driven from a house or habitation.
2. adjective Wanting a house; homeless.
3. Having no settled habitation.
4. Destitute of shelter or cover. Cattle in severe weather should not be left unhoused
Unhouseled
UNHOUS'ELED, adjective s as z. Not having received the sacrament.
Unhuman
UNHU'MAN, adjective Inhuman. [But inhuman is the word used.]
Unhumanize
UNHU'MANIZE, verb transitive To render inhuman or barbarous.
Unhumbled
UNHUM'BLED, adjective
1. Not humbled; not affected with shame or confusion; not contrite in spirit.
2. In theology, not having the will and the natural enmity of the heart to God and his law, subdued.
Unhung
UNHUNG', adjective Not hung upon a gallows; not punished by hanging.
Unhurt
UNHURT', adjective Not hurt; not harmed; free from wound or injury.
Unhurtful
UNHURT'FUL, adjective Not hurtful; harmless; innoxious.
Unhurtfully
UNHURT'FULLY, adverb Without harm; harmlessly.
Unhusbanded
UNHUS'BANDED, adjective s as z.
1. Deprived of support; neglected.
2. Not managed with frugality.
Unhusked
UNHUSK'ED, adjective Not being stripped of husks.
Unicapsular
UNICAP'SULAR, adjective [Latin unus, one, and capsula, chest.]
Having one capsule to each flower, as a pericarp.
Unicorn
U'NICORN, noun [Latin unicornis; unus, one, and cornu, horn.]
1. an animal with one horn; the monoceros. this name is often applied to the rhinoceros.
2. The sea unicorn is a fish of the whale kind, called narwal, remarkable for a horn growing out at his nose.
3. A fowl.
fossil unicorn or fossil unicorn's horn, a substance used in medicine, a terrene crustaceous spar.
Unicornous
UNICORN'OUS, adjective Having only one horn.
Unideal
UNIDE'AL, adjective Not ideal; real.
Uniflorous
UNIF'LOROUS, adjective [Latin unus, one, and flos, flower.]
Bearing one flower only; as a uniflorous peduncle.
Uniform
U'NIFORM adjective [Latin uniformis; unus, one, and forma, form.]
1. Having always the same form or manner; not variable. Thus we say, the dress of the Asiatics is uniform or has been uniform from early ages. so we say, it is the uty of a christian to observe a uniform course of piety and religion.
2. Consistent with itself; not different; as, one's opinions on a particular subject have been uniform
3. Of the same form with others; consonant; agreeing with each other; conforming to one rule or mode.
How far churches are bound to be uniform in their ceremonies, is doubted.
4. Having the same degree or state; as uniform temperature.
Uniform motion. the motion of a body is uniform when it passes over equal spaces in equal times.
Uniform matter, is that which is all of the same kind and texture.
U'NIFORM, noun the particular dress of soldiers, by which one regiment or company is distinguished from another, or a soldier from another person. we say, the uniform of a company of militia, the uniform of the artillery or matross companies, the uniform of a regiment, etc. This dress is called a uniform because it is alike among all the soldiers.
Uniformity
UNIFORM'ITY, noun
1. resemblance to itself at all times; even tenor; as the uniformity of design in a poem.
2. consistency; sameness; as the uniformity of a man's opinions.
3. Conformity to a pattern or rule; resemblance, consonance or agreement; as the uniformity of different churches in ceremonies or rites.
4. Similitude between the parts of a whole; as the uniformity of sides in a regular figure. Beauty is said to consist in uniformity with variety.
5. Continued or unvaried sameness or likeness.
Uniformity must tire at last, though it is a uniformity of excellence.
Act of uniformity in England, the act of parliament by which the form of public prayers, administration of sacraments and other rites, is prescribed to be observed in all the churches.
Uniformly
U'NIFORMLY, adverb
1. With even tenor; without variation; as a temper uniformly mild.
2. Without diversity of one from another.
Unigeniture
UNIGEN'ITURE, noun [Latin unigenitus; unus and genitus.]
The state of being the only begotten.
Unigenous
UNIG'ENOUS, adjective [Latin unigena.] Of one kind; of the same genus.
Unilabiate
UNILA'BIATE, adjective In botany, having one lip only, as a corol.
Unilateral
UNILAT'ERAL, adjective [Latin unus, one, and latus, side.]
1. Being on one side or party only. [Unusual.]
2. Having one side.
A unilateral raceme, is when the flowers grow only on one side of the common peduncle.
Uniliteral
UNILIT'ERAL, adjective [Latin unus, one, and litera, letter.] Consisting of one letter only.
Unilluminated
UNILLU'MINATED, adjective
1. Not illuminated; not enlightened; dark.
2. Ignorant.
Unillustrated
UNILLUS'TRATED, adjective Not illustrated; not made plain.
Unilocular
UNILOC'ULAR, adjective [Latin unus, one, and loculus, cell.]
Having one cell only; as a unilocular pericarp.
Unimaginable
UNIMAG'INABLE, adjective Not to be imagined; not to be conceived.
Unimaginably
UNIMAG'INABLY, adverb To a degree not to be imagined.
Unimagined
UNIMAG'INED, adjective Not imagined; not conceived.
Unimbued
UNIMBU'ED, adjective Not imbued; not tinctured.
Unimitable
UNIM'ITABLE, adjective That cannot be imitated. [But the word now used is inimitable.]
Unimitated
UNIM'ITATED, adjective Not imitated.
Unimmortal
UNIMMOR'TAL, adjective Not immortal; perishable.
Unimpairable
UNIMPA'IRABLE, adjective Not liable to waste or diminution.
Unimpassioned
UNIMPAS'SIONED, adjective
1. Not endowed with passion.
2. Free from passion; calm; not violent; as an unimpassioned address.
Unimpeachable
UNIMPE'ACHABLE, adjective
1. That cannot be impeached; that cannot be accused; free from stain, guilt or fault; as an unimpeachable reputation.
2. That cannot be called in question; as an unimpeachable claim or testimony.
Unimpeached
UNIMPE'ACHED, adjective
1. Not impeached not charged or accused; fair; as an unimpeached character.
2. Not called in question; as testimony unimpeached
Unimpeded
UNIMPE'DED, adjective Not impeded; not hindered.
Unimplicated
UNIM'PLICATED, adjective Not implicated; not involved.
Unimplied
UNIMPLI'ED, adjective Not implied; not included by fair inference.
Unimplored
UNIMPLO'RED, adjective Not implored; not solicited.
Unimportant
UNIMPORT'ANT, adjective
1. Not important; not of great moment.
2. Not assuming airs of dignity.
Unimportuned
UNIMPORTU'NED, adjective Not importuned; not solicited.
Unimposing
UNIMPO'SING, adjective s as z.
1. Not imposing; not commanding respect.
2. Not enjoining as obligatory; voluntary.
Unimpregnated
UNIMPREG'NATED, adjective Not impregnated.
Unimpressive
UNIMPRESS'IVE, adjective Not impressive; not forcible; not adapted to affect or awaken the passions.
Unimprovable
UNIMPROVABLE, adjective
1. Not capable of improvement, melioration or advancement to a better condition.
2. Incapable of being cultivated or tiled.
Unimprovableness
UNIMPROVABLENESS, noun The quality of being not improvable.
Unimproved
UNIMPROVED, adjective
1. Not improved; not made better or wiser; not advanced in knowledge, manners or excellence.
2. Not used for a valuable purpose. How many advantages unimproved have we to regret!
3. Not used; not employed.
4. Not tilled; not cultivated; as unimproved land or soil; unimproved lots of ground.
5. Uncensured; not disapproved. [This sense, from the Latin improbo, is entirely obsolete.]
Unimproving
UNIMPROVING, adjective Not improving; not tending to advance or instruct.
Unimputable
UNIMPU'TABLE, adjective Not imputable or chargeable to.
Uninchanted
UNINCH'ANTED, adjective Not enchanted; not affected by magic or enchantment; not haunted. [Usually unenchanted.]
Unincreasable
UNINCRE'ASABLE, adjective Admitting no increase. [Not in use.]
Unincumbered
UNINCUM'BERED, adjective
1. Not incumbered; not burdened.
2. Free from any temporary estate or interest, or from mortgage, or other charge or debt; as an estate unincumbered with dower.
Unindebted
UNINDEBT'ED, adjective
1. Not indebted.
2. Not borrowed. [Unusual.]
Unindifferent
UNINDIF'FERENT, adjective Not indifferent; not unbiased; partial; leaning to one party.
Unindorsed
UNINDORS'ED, adjective Not indorsed; not assigned; as an unindorsed note or bill.
Unindustrious
UNINDUS'TRIOUS, adjective Not industrious; not diligent in labor, study or other pursuit.
Uninfected
UNINFECT'ED, adjective
1. Not infected; not contaminated or affected by foul infectious air.
2. Not corrupted.
Uninfectious
UNINFEC'TIOUS, adjective Not infectious; not foul; not capable of communicating disease.
Uninflamed
UNINFLA'MED, adjective
1. Not inflamed; not set on fire.
2. Not highly provoked.
Uninflammable
UNINFLAM'MABLE, adjective Not inflammable; not capable of being set on fire.
Uninfluenced
UNIN'FLUENCED, adjective
1. Not influenced; not persuaded or moved by others, or by foreign considerations; not biased; acting freely.
2. Not proceeding from influence, bias or prejudice; as uninfluenced conduct or actions.
Uninformed
UNINFORM'ED, adjective
1. Not informed; not instructed; untaught.
2. unanimated; not enlivened.
Uninforming
UNINFORM'ING, adjective Not furnishing information; uninstructive.
Uningenious
UNINGE'NIOUS, adjective Not ingenious; dull.
Uningenuous
UNINGEN'UOUS, adjective Not ingenuous; not frank or candid; disingenuous.
Uninhabitable
UNINHAB'ITABLE, adjective adjective Not inhabitable; that in which men cannot live; unfit to be the residence of men.
Uninhabitableness
UNINHABITABLENESS, noun The state of being uninhabitable.
Uninhabited
UNINHAB'ITED, adjective Not inhabited by men; having no inhabitants.
Uninitiated
UNINI'TIATED, adjective Not initiated.
Uninjured
UNIN'JURED, adjective Not injured; not hurt; suffering no harm.
Uninquisitive
UNINQUIS'ITIVE, adjective s as z. Not inquisitive; not curious to search and inquire.
Uninscribed
UNINSCRI'BED, adjective Not inscribed; having no inscription.
Uninspired
UNINSPI'RED, adjective Not having received any supernatural instruction or illumination.
Uninstructed
UNINSTRUCT'ED, adjective
1. Not instructed or taught; not educated.
2. Not directed by superior authority; not furnished with instructions.
Uninstructive
UNINSTRUCT'IVE, adjective Not instructive; not conferring improvement.
Uninsulated
UNIN'SULATED, adjective Not insulated; not being separated or detached from every thing else.
Uninsured
UNINSU'RED, adjective [See Sure.] Not insured; not assured against loss.
Unintelligent
UNINTEL'LIGENT, adjective
1. Not having reason or consciousness; not possessing understanding.
2. Not knowing; not skillful; dull.
Unintelligibility
UNINTELLIGIBIL'ITY, noun The quality of being not intelligible.
Unintelligible
UNINTEL'LIGIBLE, adjective Not intelligible; that cannot be understood.
Unintelligibly
UNINTEL'LIGIBLY, adverb In a manner not to be understood.
Unintended
UNINTEND'ED, adjective Not intended; not designed.
Unintentional
UNINTEN'TIONAL, adjective Not intentional; not designed; done or happening without design.
Unintentionally
UNINTEN'TIONALLY, adverb Without design or purpose.
Uninterested
UNIN'TERESTED, adjective
1. Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business or calamity.
2. Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, to be uninterested in a discourse or narration.
Uninteresting
UNIN'TERESTING, adjective Not capable of exiting an interest, or of engaging the mind or passions; as an uninteresting story or poem.
Unintermission
UNINTERMIS'SION, noun Defect or failure of intermission.
Unintermitted
UNINTERMIT'TED, adjective Not intermitted; not interrupted; not suspended for a time; continued.
Unintermitting
UNINTERMIT'TING, adjective Not intermitting; not ceasing for a time; continuing.
Unintermittingly
UNINTERMIT'TINGLY, adverb Without cessation; continually.
Unintermixed
UNINTERMIX'ED, adjective Not intermixed; not mingled.
Uninterpolated
UNIN'TERPOLATED, adjective Not interpolated; not inserted at a time subsequent to the original writing.
Uninterrupted
UNINTERRUPT'ED, adjective
1. Not interrupted; not broken.
2. Not disturbed by intrusion or avocation.
Uninterruptedly
UNINTERRUPT'EDLY, adverb Without interruption; without disturbance.
Unintrenched
UNINTRENCH'ED, adjective Not intrenched; not defended by intrenchments.
Unintricated
UNIN'TRICATED, adjective Not perplexed; not obscure or intricate. [Not in use.]
Unintroduced
UNINTRODU'CED, adjective Not introduced; not properly conducted; obtrusive.
Uninured
UNINU'RED, adjective Not inured; not hardened by use or practice.
Uninvented
UNINVENT'ED, adjective Not invented; not found out.
Uninvested
UNINVEST'ED, adjective
1. Not invested; not clothed.
2. Not converted into some species of property less fleeting than money; as money uninvested
Uninvestigable
UNINVES'TIGABLE, adjective That cannot be investigated or searched out.
Uninvidious
UNINVID'IOUS, adjective Not invidious.
Uninvited
UNINVI'TED, adjective Not invited; not requested; not solicited.
Union
U'NION, noun [Latin unio, to unite, from unus, one.]
1. The act of joining two or more things into one, and thus forming a compound body or a mixture; or the junction or coalition of things thus united. union differs from connection, as it implies the bodies to be in contact, without an intervening body; whereas things may be connected by the intervention of a third body, as by a cord or chain.
One kingdom, joy and union without end.
2. Concord; agreement and conjunction of mind, will, affections or interest. Happy is the family where perfect union subsists between all its members.
3. The junction or united existence of spirit and matter; as the union of soul and body.
4. Among painters, a symmetry and agreement between the several parts of a painting.
5. In architecture, harmony between the colors in the materials of a building.
6. In ecclesiastical affairs, the combining or consolidating of two or more churches into one. This cannot be done without the consent of the bishop, the patron, and the incumbent. union is by accession, when the united benefice becomes an accessory of the principal; by confusion, where the two titles are suppressed, and a new one created, including both; and by equality, where the two titles subsist, but are equal and independent.
7. States united. Thus the United States of America are sometimes call the union
8. A pearl. [Latin unio. Not in use.]
Union, or Act of union the act by which Scotland was united to England, or by which the two kingdoms were incorporated into one, in 1707.
Legislative union the union of Great Britain and Ireland, in 1800.
Union by the first intention, in surgery, the process by which the opposite surfaces of recent wounds grow together and unite without suppuration, when they are kept in contact with each other; the result of a wonderful self-healing power in living bodies.
Uniparous
UNIP'AROUS, adjective [Latin unus, one, and pario, to bear.] Producing one at a birth.
Uniradiated
UNIRA'DIATED, adjective Having one ray.
Unirritated
UNIR'RITATED, adjective
1. Not irritated; not fretted.
2. Not provoked or angered.
Unirritating
UNIR'RITATING, adjective
1. Not irritating or fretting.
2. Not provoking.
3. Not exciting.
Unison
U'NISON, noun [Latin unus, one, and sonur, sound.]
1. In music, an accordance or coincidence of sounds, proceeding from an equality in the number of vibrations made in a given time by a sonorous body. If two chords of the same matter have equal length, thickness and tension, they are said to be in unison and their sounds will be in unison Sounds of very different qualities and force may be in unison; as the sound of a bell may be in unison with a sound of a flute. unison then consists in sameness of degree, or similarity in respect to gravity or acuteness, and is applicable to any sound, whether of instruments or of the human organs, etc.
2. A single unvaried note.
In unison in agreement; in harmony.
U'NISON, adjective Sounding alone.
Sounds intermix'd with voice, choral or unison
Unisonance
UNIS'ONANCE, noun Accordance of sounds.
What constitutes unisonance is the equality of the number of vibrations of two sonorous bodies, in equal times.
Unisonant
UNIS'ONANT, adjective Being in unison; having the same degree of gravity or acuteness.
Unisonous
UNIS'ONOUS, adjective Being in unison.
Unit
U'NIT, noun [Latin unus, one; unitas, unity.]
1. One; a word which denotes a single thing or person; the least whole number.
Units are the integral parts of any large number.
2. In mathematics, any known determinate quantity, by the constant repetition of which, any other quantity of the same kind is measured. [See Unity.]
Unitarian
UNITA'RIAN, noun [Latin unitus, unus.] One who denies the doctrine of the trinity, and ascribes divinity to God the Father only. The Arian and Socinian are both comprehended in the term unitarian
UNITA'RIAN, adjective Pertaining to Unitarians, or to the doctrine of the unity of the Godhead.
Unitarianism
UNITA'RIANISM, noun The doctrines of Unitarians, who contend for the unity of the Godhead, in opposition to the Trinitarians, and who of course deny the divinity of Christ.
Unite
UNI'TE, verb transitive [Latin unio, unitus.]
1. To put together or join two or more things, which make one compound or mixture. Thus we unite the parts of a building to make one structure. The kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland united, form one empire. So we unite spirit and water and other liquors. We unite strands to make a rope. The states of North America united, form one nation.
2. To join; to connect in a near relation or alliance; as, to unite families by marriage; to unite nations by treaty.
3. To make to agree or be uniform; as, to unite a kingdom in one form of worship; to unite men in opinions.
4. To cause to adhere; as, to unite bricks or stones by cement.
5. To join in interest or fellowship. .
6. To tie; to splice; as, to unite two cords or ropes.
7. To join in affection; to make near; as, to unite hearts in love.
To unite the heart, to cause all its powers and affections to join with order and delight in the same objects. .
UNI'TE, verb intransitive
1. To join in an act; to concur; to act in concert. All parties united in petitioning for a repeal of the law.
2. To coalesce; to be cemented or consolidated; to combine; as, bodies unite by attraction or affinity.
3. To grow together, as the parts of a wound.
The spur of a young cock grafted into the comb, will unite and grow.
4. To coalesce, as sounds.
5. To be mixed. Oil and water will not unite
United
UNI'TED, participle passive Joined; made to agree; cemented; mixed; attached by growth.
United flowers, are such as have the stamens and pistils in the same flower.
Uniter
UNI'TER, noun The person or thing that unites.
Uniting
UNI'TING, participle present tense Joining; causing to agree; consolidating; coalescing; growing together.
Unition
UNI'TION, noun Junction; act of uniting. [Not in use.]
Unitive
U'NITIVE, adjective Having the power of uniting. [Not used.]
Unity
U'NITY, noun [Latin unitas.]
1. The state of being one; oneness. unity may consist of a simple substance or existing being, as the soul; but usually it consists in a close junction of particles or parts, constituting a body detached from other bodies. unity is a thing undivided itself, but separate from ever other thing.
2.Concord; conjunction; as a unity of proofs.
3. Agreement; uniformity; as unity of doctrine; unity of worship in a church.
4. In christian theology, oneness of sentiment, affection or behavior.
How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! .
5. In mathematics, the abstract expression for any unit whatsoever. The number 1 is unity when it is not applied to any particular object; but a unit, when it is so applied.
6. In poetry, the principle by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety of representation is preserved. In the drama, there are three unities; the unity of action, that of time, and that of place. In the epic poem, the great and almost only unity is that of action.
7. In music, such a combination of parts as to constitute a whole, or a kind of symmetry of style and character.
8. In law, the properties of a joint estate are derived from its unity which is fourfold; unity of interest, unity of title, unity of time, and unity of possession; in other words, joint-tenants have one and the same interest, accruing by one and the same conveyance, commencing at the same time, and held by one and the same undivided possession.
9. In law, unity of possession, is a joint possession of two rights by several titles, as when a man has a lease of land upon a certain rent, and afterwards buys the fee simple. This is a unity of possession, by which the lease is extinguished.
Unity of faith, is an equal belief of the same truths of God, and possession of the grace of faith in like form and degree.
Unity of spirit, is the oneness which subsists between Christ and his saints, by which the same spirit dwells in both, and both have the same disposition and aims; and it is the oneness of christians among themselves, united under the same head, having the same spirit dwelling in them, and possessing the same graces, faith, love, hope, etc.
Univalve
U'NIVALVE, adjective [Latin unus, one, and valve.] Having one valve only, as a shell or pericarp.
U'NIVALVE, noun A shell having one valve only. The univalves form one of the three divisions into which shells are usually divided.
Univalvular
UNIVALV'ULAR, adjective Having one valve only; as a univalvular pericap or shell.
Universal
UNIVERS'AL, adjective [Latin universalis; unus and versor.]
1. All; extending to or comprehending the whole number, quantity or space; as universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence.
The universal cause acts not by partial, but by general laws.
2. Total; whole.
From harmony, from heav'nly harmony, this universal frame began.
3. Comprising all the particulars; as universal kinds.
4. In botany, a universal umbel, is a primary or general umbel; the first or largest set of rays in a compound umbel; opposed to partial. A universal involucre is placed at the foot of a universal umbel.
Universal instrument, is one which measures all kinds of distances, lengths, etc.; as the pantometer or holometer.
Universal dial, is a dial by which the hour may be found by the sun in any part of the world, or under any elevation of the pole.
Universal proposition. [See the noun.]
UNIVERS'AL, noun [See the adjective.]
1. In logic, a universal is complex or incomplex. A complex universal is either a universal proposition, as 'every whole is greater than its parts, ' or whatever raises a manifold conception in the mind, as the definition of a reasonable animal.
An incomplex universal is what produces one conception only in the mind, and is a simple thing respecting many; as human nature, which relates to every individual in which it is found.
2. The whole; the general system of the universe. [Not in use.]
Universalism
UNIVERS'ALISM, noun In theology, the doctrine or belief that all men will be saved or made happy in a future life.
Universalist
UNIVERS'ALIST, noun One who holds the doctrine that all men will be saved.
Universality
UNIVERSAL'ITY, noun The state of extending to the whole; as the universality of a proposition; the universality of sin; the universality of the deluge.
Universally
UNIVERS'ALLY, adverb With extension to the whole; in a manner to comprehend all; without exception. Air is a fluid universally diffused. God's laws are universally binding on his creatures.
[Note - Universal and its derivatives are used in common discourse for general. This kind of universality is by the schoolmen called moral, as admitting of some exceptions, in distinction from metophysical, which precludes all exceptions.]
Universalness
UNIVERS'ALNESS, noun Universality.
Universe
U'NIVERSE, noun [Latin universitas.]
The collective name of heaven and earth, and all that belongs to them; the whole system of created things.
University
UNIVERS'ITY, noun An assemblage of colleges established in any place, with professors for instructing students in the sciences and other branches of learning, and where degrees are conferred. A university is properly a universal school, in which are taught all branches of learning, or the four faculties of theology, medicine, law and the sciences and arts.
Univocal
UNIV'OCAL, adjective [Latin unus, one, and vox, word.]
1. Having one meaning only. A univocal word is opposed to an equivocal, which has two or more significations.
2. Having unison of sounds; as the octave in music and its replicates.
3. Certain; regular; pursuing always one tenor. [Little used.]
Univocally
UNIV'OCALLY, adverb
1. In one term; in one sense.
How is sin univocally distinguished into venial and mortal, if the venial be not sin?
2. In one tenor. [Little used.]
Univocation
UNIVOCA'TION, noun Agreement of name and meaning.
Univoke
U'NIVOKE, adjective In music, univocal concords are the octave and its recurrences, above or below.
Univoque
U'NIVOQUE,
UNJOINT', verb transitive To disjoint.
Unjoint
UNJOINT', v.t. To disjoint.
Unjointed
UNJOINT'ED, adjective
1. Disjointed; separated.
2. Having no joint or articulation; as an unjointed stem.
Unjoyous
UNJOY'OUS, adjective Not joyous; not gay or cheerful.
Unjudged
UNJUDG'ED, adjective Not judged; not judicially determined.
Unjust
UNJUST', adjective
1. Not just; acting contrary to the standard of right established by the divine law; not equitable; as an unjust man.
2. Contrary to justice and right; wrongful; as an unjust sentence; an unjust demand; an unjust accusation.
Unjustifiable
UNJUST'IFIABLE, adjective Not justifiable; that cannot be proved to be right; not to be vindicated or defended; as an unjustifiable motive or action.
Unjustifiableness
UNJUST'IFIABLENESS, noun The quality of not being justifiable.
Unjustifiably
UNJUST'IFIABLY, adverb In a manner that cannot be justified or vindicated.
Unjustified
UNJUST'IFIED, adjective
1. Not justified or vindicated.
2. Not pardoned.
Unjustly
UNJUST'LY, adverb In an unjust manner; wrongfully.
Unked
UNKED,
UNKEM'MED,
UNKEMPT', adjective Uncombed; unpolished. [Obsolete, except in poetry.]
Unkemmed
UNKEM'MED,
Unkempt
UNKEMPT', a. Uncombed; unpolished. [Obsolete, except in poetry.]
Unkennel
UNKEN'NEL, verb transitive
1. To drive from his hole; as, to unkennel a fox.
2. To rouse from secrecy or retreat.
3. To release from a kennel.
Unkenneled
UNKEN'NELED, participle passive Driven or let loose from confinement, as a fox or dog.
Unkent
UNKENT', adjective [un and ken, to know.] Unknown. obsolete
Unkept
UNKEPT', adjective
1. Not kept; not retained; not preserved.
2. Not observed; not obeyed; as a command.
Unkerneled
UNKERN'ELED, adjective Destitute of a kernel.
Unkid
UNKID, for uncouth, odd; strange. [Not in use.]
Unkind
UNKIND, adjective
1. Not kind; not benevolent; not favorable; not obliging.
2. Unnatural.
Unkindly
UNKINDLY, adjective
1. Unnatural; contrary to nature; as an unkindly crime.
2. Unfavorably; malignant; as an unkindly fog.
UNKINDLY, adverb
1. Without kindness; without affection; as, to treat one unkindly
2. In a manner contrary to nature; unnaturally.
All works of nature, abortive, monstrous, or unkindly mix'd.
Unkindness
UNKINDNESS, noun
1. Want of kindness; want of natural affection; want of good will.
2. Disobliging treatment; disfavor.
Unking
UNKING', verb intransitive To deprive of royalty.
Unkinglike
UNKING'LIKE,
UNKING'LY, adjective Unbecoming a king; not noble.
Unkingly
UNKING'LY, a. Unbecoming a king; not noble.
Unkissed
UNKISS'ED, adjective Not kissed.
Unkle
UNKLE. [See Uncle.]
Unknightly
UNKNIGHTLY, adjective Unbecoming a knight.
Unknit
UNKNIT', verb transitive
1. To separate threads that are knit; to open; to loose work that is knit or knotted.
2. To open.
Unknot
UNKNOT', verb transitive To free from knots; to untie.
Unknow
UNKNOW, verb transitive To cease to know. [Not in use.]
Unknowable
UNKNOWABLE, adjective That cannot be known.
Unknowing
UNKNOWING, adjective Not knowing; ignorant; with of.
UNKNOWING of deceit.
Unknowingly
UNKNOWINGLY, adverb Ignorantly; without knowledge or design.
Unknown
UNKNOWN, adjective
1. Not known. The author of the invention is unknown
2. Greater than is imagined.
3. Not having had cohabitation.
4. Not having communication.
Unlabored
UNLA'BORED, adjective
1. Not produced by labor; as unlabored harvests.
2. Not cultivated by labor; not tilled.
3. Spontaneous; voluntary; that offers without effort; natural.
And from the theme unlabor'd beauties rise.
4. Easy; natural; not stiff; as an unlabored style.
Unlaborious
UNLABO'RIOUS, adjective Not laborious; not difficult to be done.
Unlace
UNLA'CE, verb intransitive
1. To 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 a woman's dress.
3. To divest of ornaments.
4. In sea language, to loose and take off a bonnet from a sail.
Unlaced
UNLA'CED, participle passive Loosed from lacing; unfastened.
Unlacing
UNLA'CING, participle present tense Loosing from lacing or fastening.
Unlackeyed
UNLACK'EYED, adjective Unattended with a lackey.
Unlade
UNLA'DE, verb transitive
1. To unload; to take out the cargo of; as, to unlade a ship.
2. To unload; to remove, as a load or burden. .
Unladen
UNLA'DEN, participle passive of lade. Unloaded.
Unlaid
UNLA'ID, adjective
1. Not placed; not fixed.
2. Not allayed; not pacified; not suppressed.
3. Not laid out, as a corpse.
Unlamented
UNLAMENT'ED, adjective Not lamented; whose loss is not deplored.
Thus unlamented pass the proud away.
Unlarded
UNL'ARDED, adjective Not intermixed or inserted for improvement.
Unlatch
UNLATCH', verb intransitive To open or loose by lifting the latch.
Unlaureled
UNLAU'RELED, adjective Not crowned with laurel; not honored.
Unlavish
UNLAV'ISH, adjective Not lavish; not profuse; not wasteful.
Unlavished
UNLAV'ISHED, adjective Not lavished; not spent wastefully.
Unlaw
UNLAW', verb transitive To deprive of the authority of law.
Unlawful
UNLAW'FUL, adjective Not lawful; contrary to law; illegal; not permitted by law.
Unlawful assembly, in law, the meeting of three or more persons to commit an unlawful act.
Unlawfully
UNLAW'FULLY, adverb
1. In violation of law or right; illegally.
2. Illegitimately; not in wedlock; as a child unlawfully born.
Unlawfulness
UNLAW'FULNESS, noun
1. Illegality; contrariety to law.
2. Illegitimacy.
Unlearn
UNLEARN', verb transitive unlern'. To forget or lose what has been learned. It is most important to us all to unlearn the errors of our early education.
I had learned nothing right; I had to unlearn everything.
Unlearned
UNLEARN'ED, participle passive
1. Forgotten.
2. adjective Not learned; ignorant; illiterate; not instructed.
3. Not gained by study; not known.
4. Not suitable to a learned man; as unlearned verses.
Unlearnedly
UNLEARN'EDLY, adverb Ignorantly.
Unlearnedness
UNLEARN'EDNESS, noun want of learning; illiterateness.
Unleavened
UNLEAVENED, adjective unlev'ened. Not leavened; not raised by leaven, barm or yeast. .
Unlectured
UNLEC'TURED, adjective Not taught by lecture.
Unleisured
UNLEISURED, adjective unlezh'ured. Not having leisure. [Not in use.]
Unlent
UNLENT', adjective Not lent.
Unless
UNLESS', conjunction
Except; that is, remove or dismiss the fact or thing stated in the sentence or clause which follows. 'We cannot thrive unless we are industrious and frugal.' the sense will be more obvious with the clauses of the sentence inverted. unless [remove this fact, suppose it not to exist, ] we are industrious and frugal, we cannot thrive. unless then answers for a negation. If we are not industrious, we cannot thrive.
Unlessoned
UNLES'SONED, adjective Not taught; not instructed.
Unlettered
UNLET'TERED, adjective Unlearned; untaught; ignorant.
Unletteredness
UNLET'TEREDNESS, noun Want of learning.
Unleveled
UNLEV'ELED, adjective Not leveled; not laid even.
Unlibidinous
UNLIBID'INOUS, adjective Not libidinous; not lustful.
Unlicensed
UNLI'CENSED, adjective Not licensed; not having permission by authority; as an unlicensed innkeeper.
The vending of ardent spirits, in places licensed or unlicensed is a tremendous evil.
Unlicked
UNLICK'ED, adjective shapeless; not formed to smoothness; as an unlicked bear whelp.
Unlighted
UNLIGHTED, adjective
1. Not lighted; not illuminated.
2. Not kindled or set on fire.
Unlightsome
UNLIGHTSOME, adjective Dark; gloomy; wanting light.
Unlike
UNLI'KE, adjective
1. Dissimilar; having no resemblance. Never were two men more unlike The cases are entirely unlike
2. Improbably; unlikely.
Unlikelihood
UNLI'KELIHOOD,
UNLI'KELINESS, noun Improbability.
Unlikeliness
UNLI'KELINESS, n. Improbability.
Unlikely
UNLI'KELY, adjective
1. Improbably; such as cannot be reasonably expected; as an unlikely event. The thing you mention is very unlikely
2. Not promising success. He employs very unlikely means to effect his object.
UNLI'KELY, adverb Improbably.
Unlimber
UNLIM'BER, adjective Not limber; not flexible; not yielding.
Unlimitable
UNLIM'ITABLE, adjective Admitting no limits; boundless. [We now us illimitable.]
Unlimited
UNLIM'ITED, adjective
1. Not limited; having no bounds; boundless.
2. Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions; as unlimited terms.
3. Unconfined; not restrained.
Ascribe not to God such as unlimited exercise of mercy as may destroy his justice.
Unlimited problem, is one which is capable of infinite solutions.
Unlimitedly
UNLIM'ITEDLY, adverb Without bounds.
Unlimitedness
UNLIM'ITEDNESS, noun The state of being boundless, or of being undefined.
Unlineal
UNLIN'EAL, adjective Not in a line; not coming in the order of succession.
Unlink
UNLINK', verb transitive To separate links; to loose; to unfasten: to untwist.
Unliquidated
UNLIQ'UIDATED, adjective
1. Not liquidated; not settled; not having the exact amount ascertained; as an unliquidated debt; unliquidated accounts.
2. Unpaid; unadjusted.
Unliquified
UNLIQ'UIFIED, adjective Unmelted; not dissolved.
Unliquored
UNLIQ'UORED, adjective Not moistened; not smeared with liquor; not filled with liquor.
Unlistening
UNLIS'TENING, adjective Not listening; not hearing; not regarding.
Unliveliness
UNLI'VELINESS, noun Want of life; dullness.
Unlively
UNLI'VELY, adjective Not lively; dull.
Unload
UNLOAD, verb transitive
1. To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; as, to unload a ship; to unload a cart.
2. To disburden; as, to unload a beast.
3. To disburden; to relieve from any thing onerous or troublesome.
Unloaded
UNLOADED, participle passive Freed from a load or cargo; disburdened.
Unloading
UNLOADING, participle present tense Freeing from a load or cargo; disburdening; relieving of a burden.
Unlocated
UNLO'CATED, adjective
1. Not place; not fixed in a place.
2. In America, unlocated lands are such new or wild lands as have not been surveyed, appropriated or designated by marks, limits or boundaries, to some individual, company or corporation.
Unlock
UNLOCK',
1. To unfasten what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest.
2. To open, in general; to lay open.
UNLOCK your springs, and open all your shades.
Unlocked
UNLOCK'ED, participle passive
1. Opened.
2. adjective Not locked; not made fast.
Unlocked for, not expected; not foreseen.
Unloose
UNLOOSE, verb transitive unloos'. To loose. [An ill formed word, as it expresses the same idea as loose.]
UNLOOSE, verb intransitive unloos'. To fall in pieces; to lose all connection or union.
Unlosable
UNLOSABLE, adjective s as z. That cannot be lost. [Not in use.]
Unloved
UNLOVED, adjective Not loved.
Unloveliness
UNLOVELINESS, noun Want of loveliness; unamiableness; want of the qualities which attract love.
Unlovely
UNLOVELY, adjective Not lovely; not amiable; destitute of the qualities which attract love, or possessing qualities that excite dislike.
Unloving
UNLOVING, adjective Not loving; not fond.
Unluckily
UNLUCK'ILY, adverb Unfortunately; by ill fortune.
Unluckiness
UNLUCK'INESS, noun
1. Unfortunateness; ill fortune.
2. Mischievousness.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828); edition by akaitsurugi (github.com/akaitsurugi/webster1828). Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from the CrossWire Bible Society.