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v. t. To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ F. gagner to gain + pain bread. ] Bread-gainer; -- a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A patient who receives lodging and food, as well as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary; -- distinguished from outpatient. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. 1. not parallel; -- of lines or linear objects. Opposite of parallel. [ Narrower terms: bias, catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, diagonal, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered, oblique, skew, skewed, slanted ; crossed, decussate, intersectant, intersecting; cross-grained ; diagonal; orthogonal, orthographic, rectangular, right-angled ; right, perpendicular; angled ; convergent ] Also See: convergent, divergent, diverging. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Computers) Not using parallel processing; -- of computers. [ Narrower terms: serial ] PJC ]

(Biology) adj. Not parasitic.
Syn. -- free-living, nonsymbiotic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Nonpareil, a. ] 1. Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; -- often used as a name. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ F. nonpareille. ] (Print.) A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This line is printed in the type called nonpareil. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) (a) A beautifully colored finch (Passerina ciris), native of the Southern United States. The male has the head and neck deep blue, rump and under parts bright red, back and wings golden green, and the tail bluish purple. Called also painted bunting and painted finch. (b) Any other similar bird of the same genus. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

4. (Cookery) A small sphere, less than 1 mm diamter, of colored sugar, used to decorate confections; -- usually used in the plural as though the name of a substance; as, sprinkled with nonpareils. [ PJC ]

5. pl. A type of candy chocolate consisting of a small flat disk of chocolate, less than one inch diameter, having nonpareils{ 4 } sprinkled on the top; as, she ate a box of nonpareils at the movie. [ PJC ]

a. [ F., from non not + pareil equal, fr. LL. pariculus, dim. of L. par equal. See Non, and Pair, Peer. ] Having no equal; peerless. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. withdrawing from the activities of a group.
Syn. -- non-engagement, non-involvement. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. not particulate. Opposite of particulate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. free from party affiliation or bias. Opposite of partisan. [ Narrower terms: bipartisan, bipartizan, two-party, two-way; independent ] [ Narrower terms: nonparty, non-party ]
Syn. -- nonpartizan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. not affiliated with any one party; as, a nonpartisan commission to study crime. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally; absence of bias toward any particular party.
Syn. -- impartiality. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. same as nonpartisan, 1.
Syn. -- nonpartisan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. not based upon or representing political parties; as, a nonparty regime. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Neglect or failure to pay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The common English periwinkle. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Chinese abacus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Schwanpan. ] The Chinese abacus; a schwanpan. S. W. Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + pack. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To separate and remove, as things packed; to open and remove the contents of; as, to unpack a trunk. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To relieve of a pack or burden. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who unpacks. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + paganize. ] To cause to cease to be pagan; to divest of pagan character. [ R. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + paint. ] To remove the paint from; to efface, as a painting. Parnell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not paired; not suited or matched. [ 1913 Webster ]

And minds unpaired had better think alone. Crabbe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Destitute of a palp. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + pannel. ] To take the saddle off; to unsaddle. [ Obs. ] Jervas. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + paradise. ] To deprive of happiness like that of paradise; to render unhappy. [ R. ] Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no paragon or equal; matchless; peerless. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Your unparagoned mistress is dead. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no parallel, or equal; unequaled; unmatched. [ 1913 Webster ]

The unparalleled perseverance of the armies of the United States, under every suffering and discouragement, was little short of a miracle. Washington. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. un- not (intensive) parched. ] Dried up; withered by heat. [ Obs. ] “My tongue . . . unparched.” Crashaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not admitting of pardon or forgiveness; inexcusable. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Having no parent, or no acknowledged parent. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not parliamentary; contrary to the practice of parliamentary bodies. -- Un*par`lia*men"ta*ri*ness n. [1913 Webster]

a. Impartial. [ Obs. ] Bp. Sanderson. -- Un*par"tial*ly, adv. [Obs.] Hooker. [1913 Webster]

a. Impassable. E. A. Freeman. -- Un*pass"a*ble*ness, n. Evelyn. [1913 Webster]

a. Not passionate; dispassionate. -- Un*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + pastor. ] To cause to be no longer pastor; to deprive of pastorship. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not having a path. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pathless. [ R. ] “The smooth, unpathwayed plain.” Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Impatience. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Impatient. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not paved; not furnished with a pavement. Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Castrated. [ Obs. ] “Unpaved eunuch.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + pay. ] To undo, take back, or annul, as a payment. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]