unbay 
unbayt (un-ba'), r. t. To open; free from re- 
straint. 
To unbay the current of my passions. 
Harris, Miscellanies. 
unbet (uu-be'), v. t. To cause not to be, or not 
to be the same ; cause to be other. 
How olt, with danger of the Held beset, 
Or with home mutinies, would he unbe 
Himself ! Old play. 
unbear (un-bar'), v. t. ; pret. tnibore, pp. uttborne, 
ppr. nnbeuring. To take off or relax the bear- 
ing-rein of: said of a horse. 
Unbear him half a moment to freshen him up. 
Dickens, Bleak House, Ivi. 
unbearable (un-bar'a-bl), a. Not to be borne 
or endured ; intolerable. Sir H. Sidney. State 
Papers, II. 228. 
unbearableness (un-bar' a-bl-nes), n. The 
character of being unbearable, 
unbearably (un-bar 'a-bli), ado. In an unbear- 
able manner; intolerably. 
unbearded (un-ber'ded), a. Having no beard, 
in any sense ; beardless. 
Th' unbearded youth. 
B. Jonson, tr. of Horace's Art of Poetry. 
The yet unbearded grain. 
Dryden, Britannia Rediviva, 1. 200. 
unbearing (un-bar'ing), a. Bearing or pro- 
ducing no fruit ; sterile; barren. Dryden. 
unbeast (un-besf), v. t. To divest of the form 
or qualities of a beast. [Bare.] 
Let him unbeast the beast. 
Sandys, tr. of Ovid's Metamorph., ii. 
unbeaten (un-be'tn), a. 1. Not beaten; not 
treated with blows. 2. Untrodden ; not beaten 
by the feet: as, unbeaten paths. 3. Not con- 
quered; not surpassed; unexcelled; never 
beaten : as, an unbeaten record ; an unbeaten 
competitor. 
unbeauteous (un-bu'te-us), a. Not beautiful; 
having no beauty ; not possessing qualities that 
delight the senses, especially the eye and ear. 
unbeautiful (un-bu'ti-ful), a. Not beautiful; 
plain; ugly. Harper's Mag., LXXVIII. 531. 
unbeavered (un-be'verd), a. 1. Without the 
beaver or hat ; bareheaded. Gay, The Espou- 
sal. 2. With the beaver of the helmet open. 
See beaver. 
unbecomet (un-be-kum ' ), v. t. Not to become ; 
not to be suitable to ; misbecome. 
It neither unbecomes God nor men to be moved by rea- 
son. Bp. Sherlock, On Providence, ix. 
unbecoming 1 (un-be-kum'ing), a. 1. Not be- 
coming; improper; 'indecent; indecorous. 
Unbecoming speeches. Dryden. 
2. Not befitting or suiting; not suitable or 
proper (for or in). 
There were no circumstances in our Saviour's appear- 
ance or course of life which were unbecoming the Son of 
God, and the design he came upon. 
StiUingfleet, Sermons, I. iii. 
But something ere the end, 
Some work of noble note, may yet be done, 
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods. 
Tennyson, Ulysses. 
3. Not esthetically suited to the wearer, as an 
article of dress; not enhancing the beauty of 
its subject, as an attitude or a gesture. 
unbecoming 2 (un-be-kum'ing), n . A transition 
from existence into non-existence ; dissolution. 
[Rare.] 
Are we to look forward to a continued becoming or to 
an ultimate unbecoming of things? Will evolution on 
earth go on for ever? Maudsley, Body and Will, p. 317. 
unbecomingly (un-be-kum'ing-li), adv. In an 
unbecoming manner, in anv sense. 
unbecomingness (un-be-kum'ing-nes), n. The 
state or character of being unbecoming, in any 
sense. 
unbed (un-bed'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. imbedded, 
ppr. imbedding. To raise or rouse from or as 
if from bed. [Bare.] 
Eels unbed themselves and stir at the noise of thunder, 
and not only, as some think, by the motion or stirring of 
the earth which is occasioned by that thunder. 
/. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 118. 
unbedded (un-bed'ed), a. 1. Not yet having 
the marriage consummated, as a bride. [Bare.] 
We deem'd it best that this unbedded bride 
Should visit Chester, there to live recluse. 
Sir H. Taylor. 
2. Not existing in beds, layers, or strata. See 
bedded, 3. Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc., XL VI. 393. 
unbedinned (un-be-dind'), a. Not made noisy. 
L. Hunt, Rimini, i. [Rare.] 
unbefitting (un-be-fit'ing), . Not befitting; 
unsuitable; unbecoming. Shak., L. L. L., v. 
2. 7/0. 
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unbefool(un-be-fol'),i>. t. [< -2 + befool.} 1. 
To change from a foolish nature ; restore from 
the state or condition of a fool. South, Sermons, 
VII. viii. 2. To open the eyes of to a sense of 
folly. 3. To undeceive. [Bare in all uses.] 
unbefriend (un-be-frend'), v. t. [< un- 1 + be- 
friend.} To fail to befriend ; deprive of friend- 
ly support. [Rare.] 
And will not unbefriend the enterprising any more than 
the timid. The American, XXIX. 104. 
unbefriended (un-be-fren'ded), p. a. Not bo- 
friended; not supported by friends ; having no 
friendly aid. 
Alas for Love ! 
And Truth who wanderest lone and unbefriended. 
Shelley, Hellas. 
unbeget (un-be-gef), v. t. To undo the beget- 
ting of. [Bar'e.J 
Wishes each minute he could unbeget those rebel sons. 
Dryden, Aurengzebe, i. 1. 
unbeginning (un-be-gin'ing), a. Having no 
beginning. 
An unbeginning, midless, endless ball. Sylvester. 
unbegot (un-be-gof), a. Unbegotten. 
Your children yet unborn and unbegot. 
Shak., Eich. II., iii. 3. 88. 
Unbegotten (un-be-got'n), a. 1. Not yet gen- 
erated; not yet begotten. 2. Having never 
been generated; self -existent. 
The eternal, unbegotten, and immutable God. 
Stillingjket. 
unbeguile (un-be-gil'), v. t. To undeceive ; free 
from the influence of deceit. Daniel. [Rare.] 
unbeguiled (un-be-gild'), a. Not beguiled or 
deceived. Congreve, tr. of Homer's Hymn to 
Venus. 
Unbegun (un-be-gun ' ), a. [< ME. uribegonne, un- 
begunnen; < un-T- + begun.} 1. Not yet begun. 
A work unbegun. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. 66. 
2f. Having had no beginning ; eternal. 
The mighty God which unbegonne 
Stonte of hym selfe. 
Gower, Coat. Amant., viiL 
unbeholden (un-be-hol'dn), a. Unseen. 
Like a glow-worm golden 
In a dell of dew, 
Scattering unbeholden 
Its aerial hue. Shelley, To a Skylark, x. 
unbehovablet, a- Not needful; unprofitable. 
Sir J. Cheke. 
unbehovelyt, a. Not behooving; unseemly. 
(lower, Conf. Amant., vi. 
unbeingt (un-be'ing), a. Not existing. Sir T. 
Browne, Christ. Mor., iii. 25. 
unbejuggled (un-be-jug'ld), a. Undeceived by 
trick or artifice. Atlantic Monthly, LXV. 569. 
[Colloq.] 
unbeknown (un-be-iion'), a. Unknown. [Now 
only colloq.] 
Especially if God did stir up the same secret instinct in 
thee to sympathize with another in praying for such a 
thing unbeknown one to another. 
T. Goodwin, Works, III. 372. 
"I was there," resumed Mrs. Cluppins, "unbeknown to 
Mrs. Bardell." Dickens, Pickwick, xxxiv. 
unbeknownst (un-be-nonsf), a. Same as un- 
beknow n. [Colloq. ]' 
So by & by I creep up softly to my own old little room, 
not to disturb their pleasure, & unbeknownst to most. 
E. S. Phelps, Sealed Orders. 
unbelief (un-be-lef), w. 1. Incredulity; the 
withholding of belief; disbelief; especially, 
disbelief of divine revelation. 
[Truth] shines in all who do not shut it out 
By dungeon doors of unbelief and doubt 
Abraham Coles, The Evangel, p. 181. 
Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul ; 
unbelief, in denying them. Emerson, Montaigne. 
2. Disbelief of the truth of the gospel; dis- 
trust of God's promises and faithfulness, etc. 
Mat. xiii. 58; Mark vi. 6; Heb. iii. 12.=syn 1 
Distrust.! and 2. Disbelief, Unbelief (see disbelief), skep- 
ticism. 
unbelieffult (un-be-lef'ful), a. [ME. uribeleve- 
ful; < ww-2 + beliefful.} Full of unbelief; un- 
believing. 
He that is unbeleveful to the sone, schal not se euer- 
lastinge lyf. WycHf, John iii. 36. 
Unbelieffulnesst (un-be-lef'ful-nes), n. [ME. 
mibileref ulness ; < itnbettefful + -ness.] Unbe- 
lief; want of faith. 
And anon the fadir of the child criynge with teeris seide : 
Lord, I beleve, help thou myn vribilevefulness. 
Wyclif, Mark ix. 24. 
unbelieyability (un-be-le-va-bil'i-ti), n. In- 
capability of being believed ; incredibility. 
Boiling mud-oceans of Hypocrisy and Unbelievabttiti/. 
Carlyle, Life of Sterling, I. xv. (Davies.) 
unbending 
unbelievable (un-be-le'va-bl), a. Not to be be- 
lieved; incredible. J. Uda/1. 
The pine shot aloft from the crag to an unbelievable height. 
Tennyson, Voyage of Maeldune. 
unbelieved (un-be-levd'), a. Not believed, 
credited, or trusted ; also, incredible. 
As I, thus wrong'd, hence unbelieved go. 
., M. forM., v. 1. 119. 
I made his valour stoop, and brought that name, 
Soar'd to so unbeliec'd a height, to fall 
Beneath mine. 
Beau, and Fl., King and No King, ii. 2. 
unbeliever (un-be-le'ver), n. 1. An incredu- 
lous person ; one who does not believe. 2. 
One who discredits Christian revelation, or the 
mission, character, and doctrines of Christ. 
They, having their conversation honest and holy 
amongst the unbelievers, shined like virgin-tapers in the 
midst of an impure prison, and amused the eyes of the 
sons of darkness with the brightness of the flame. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 166. 
3. One who does not believe in or hold any 
given religion. 
Who think through unbelievers' blood 
Lies their directest path to heaven. 
Moore, Fire- Worshippers. 
=Syn. Skeptic, Disbeliever, etc. See infidel. 
unbelieving (un-be-le'ving), . 1. Not believ- 
ing; incredulous; skeptical; doubting. 2. 
Infidel; discrediting divine revelation, or the 
mission, character, and doctrines of Christ: as, 
"the unbelieving Jews," Acts xiv. 2. 
unbelievingly (uu-be-le'ving-li), adv. With un- 
belief. Clarke. 
unbellerophontic (un-be-ler-o-fon'tik),a. Not 
like Bellerophon. See Bellerophon. [Bare.] 
In tones, looks, and manners he was embarrassing, and 
this I was willing to consider as the effect of my own un- 
bellerophontic countenance and mien. 
Coleridge, Letter to Sir George Beaumont. 
unbeloved(uu-be-luvd'),a. Not loved. Dryden. 
Unbelt (un-belf ), v. t. 1. Toungird; remove 
the belt or girdle from. 2. To remove from the 
person by undoing the belt which supports it. 
The officers would have unbelted their swords. 
lit- Quincey, Roman Meals. 
unbend (un-bend'), .; pret. and pp.unbent, ppr. 
unbending. I. intrans. 1. To become relaxed 
or unbent. 2. To rid one's self of constraint; 
act with freedom ; give up stiffness or austerity 
of manner; be affable. 
He [Charles II. 1 might be seen . . . striding among the 
trees, playing with his spaniels, and flinging corn to his 
ducks ; and these exhibitions endeared him to the com- 
mon people, who always love to see the great unbend. 
Macaulay, Bist. Eng., iv. 
II. trans. 1. To free from flexure; make 
straight : as, to unbend a bow. 
Unbending the rigid folds of the parchment cover, I 
found it to be a commission, under the hand and seal of 
Governor Shirley. Hawthorne, Scarlet Letter, Int., p. 33. 
I only meant 
To draw up again the bow unbent. 
WhiMer, Mogg Megone. 
2. To relax ; remit from a strain or from ex- 
ertion; set at ease for a time: as, to unbend 
the mind from study or care. 
You do unbend your noble strength, to think 
So brainsickly of things. Shak., Macbeth, it 2. 45. 
She unbent her mind afterwards, over a book. 
Lamb, Mrs. Battle on Whist. 
3. Naut. : (a) To unfasten from the yards and 
stays, as sails, (b) To cast loose, as a cable 
from the anchor, (c) To untie, as a rope. 
unbendedt (un-ben'ded), a. Belaxed; unbent. 
He ruddy Nectar pours, 
And Jove regales in his unbended Hours. 
Congreve, Hymn to Venus. 
unbending 1 (un-ben'ding), a. [< -i + lend- 
ing.} 1. Not suffering flexure ; not bending. 
Hies o'er the unbending corn and skims along the main. 
Pope, Essay on Criticism, 1. 373. 
2. Unyielding; inflexible; firm. 
Nobody demands from a party the unbending equity of 
a judge. Hacaulay, Warren Hastings. 
The arrogant Strafford and the unbending Laud had as 
bitter rivals in the palace as they had enemies in the na- 
tion. Bancroft, Hist. U. S., I. 379. 
Unbending column, a column in which, as in a Doric 
column, the thickness in proportion to the length is so 
great that fracture under vertical pressure can occur only 
bydetrusion, or by sliding apart in a plane or planes whose 
angle is dependent upon the material, and not by ten- 
dency to lateral bending inducing transverse fracture. 
unbending 2 (un-beu'ding), .. [Verbal n. of un- 
bend, v.} A relaxing; remission from a strain ; 
temporary ease. 
Stalwart ;iml rubicund men they were, second only, if 
second, to S., champion of the county, and not incapable 
of genial unbendings when the fasces were laid aside. 
Lou-ell, Fireside Travels, p. 35. 
