*unbe*

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + be. ] To cause not to be; to cause to be another. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

How oft, with danger of the field beset,
Or with home mutinies, would he unbe
Himself! Old Play. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bear to support. ] To remove or loose the bearing rein of (a horse). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + beast. ] To deliver from the form or nature of a beast. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + become. ] To misbecome. [ Obs. ] Bp. Sherlock. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. un- not + becoming. ] Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper. [ 1913 Webster ]

My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un`be*com"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`be*com"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bed. ] To raise or rouse from bed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eels unbed themselves and stir at the noise of thunder. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not filled with din. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + befool. ] To deliver from the state of a fool; to awaken the mind of; to undeceive. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + beget. ] To deprive of existence. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not gilded; hence, not rewarded with gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. un- not + begot, begotten. ] Not begot; not yet generated; also, having never been generated; self-existent; eternal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Unbeguiled p. pr. & vb. n. Unbeguiling. ] [ 1st pref. un- + beguile. ] To set free from the influence of guile; to undeceive. “Then unbeguile thyself.” Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not yet begun; also, existing without a beginning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not behooving or becoming; unseemly. [ Obs. & R. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not existing. [ Obs. ] “Beings yet unbeing.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not known; unknown. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. un- not + belief: cf. AS. ungeleáfa. ] 1. The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disbelief; especially, disbelief of divine revelation, or in a divine providence or scheme of redemption. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan his work in vain. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Disbelief. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not believed; disbelieved. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who does not believe; an incredulous person; a doubter; a skeptic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A disbeliever; especially, one who does not believe that the Bible is a divine revelation, and holds that Christ was neither a divine nor a supernatural person; an infidel; a freethinker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Infidel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not believing; incredulous; doubting; distrusting; skeptical. [ 1913 Webster ]

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2. Believing that the thing alleged is not true; disbelieving; especially, believing that the Bible is not a divine revelation, or that Christ was not a divine or a supernatural person. “Unbelieving Jews.” Acts xiv. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un`be*liev"ing*ly adv. -- Un`be*liev"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + belt. ] To remove or loose the belt of; to ungird. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Unbent p. pr. & vb. n. Unbending. ] [ 1st pref. un- + bend. ] 1. To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care. [ 1913 Webster ]

You do unbend your noble strength. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) (a) To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use. (b) To cast loose or untie, as a rope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like; hence, to indulge in mirth or amusement. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ In senses 1, 2, and 3, pref. un- not + bending; in sense 4, properly p. pr. of unbend. ] 1. Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unyielding in will; not subject to persuasion or influence; inflexible; resolute; -- applied to persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Unyielding in nature; unchangeable; fixed; -- applied to abstract ideas; as, unbending truths. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Devoted to relaxation or amusement. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It may entertain your lordships at an unbending hour. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un*bend"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*bend"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Absence or want of benevolence; ill will. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not benign; malignant. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + benumb. ] To relieve of numbness; to restore sensation to. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unbereft. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not bereft; not taken away. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + beseem. ] To be unbecoming or unsuitable to; to misbecome. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. un- not + beseeming. ] Unbecoming; not befitting. -- Un`be*seem"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`be*seem"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bespeak. ] To unsay; hence, to annul or cancel. [ Obs. ] Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bethink. ] To change the mind of (one's self). [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Unawares. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bewitch. ] To free from a spell; to disenchant. [ R. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

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